--- Tree-M/object.h	2001/05/06 00:45:51	1.1
+++ Tree-M/object.h	2001/05/06 17:28:24	1.2
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
 class Object : public GiSTobject	// the DB object class
 {
 	double *k;
+
+        static double int2double(unsigned long i) {
+          return i * ACC->max / ACC->steps + ACC->min;
+        }
+        static unsigned long double2int(double d) {
+          return (unsigned long)floor ((d - ACC->min) * ACC->steps / ACC->max);
+        }
+
 public:
 	Object() {
           k = new double [NDIMS];
@@ -19,10 +27,7 @@
             k[i] = 0.;
         }
 
-        Object(double *pkey)
-        {
-          k = pkey;
-        }
+        Object(double *pkey);
 
 	Object(const Object& obj) {
           k = new double [NDIMS];