Is it possible to create a cv::Mat of arbitrary size for which isContinuous() will return true, i.e. no row padding, without using externally allocated data?
It seems that only the constructor for using externally allocated data supports setting the step/stride variable.
Hi Adi,
Allocation is done in Mat::create function, it's aligned, but continuous memory strip.
OK, so it is, indeed, as @berak said. In that case, it is the exact opposite of my question. cv::Mat is always created continuous unless it was constructed with padded data (or via ROI related operations).
The line you point to allocates by stride, so step.p[0] can still contain padding, but it seems that setSize() above it set it to the default continuous data.
Asked: 2014-09-02 03:17:10 -0600
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any Mat created (without an external data pointer) will be continuous
Are you sure about this? Where is this written? Most MMX/SSE operations work much faster on aligned and padded data (rows). I had assumed OpenCV automatically adds padding for 4 or 8 byte multiples (as e.g. IPL and IPP did/does).