take template aliases and variables for a spin!

Author: devshgraphicsprogramming

include/nbl/builtin/hlsl/type_traits.hlsl

@@ -601,6 +601,9 @@ struct is_vector<vector<T, N> > : bool_constant<true> {};
 template<class T, uint32_t N, uint32_t M>
 struct is_matrix<matrix<T, N, M> > : bool_constant<true> {};
 
+template<class T>
+NBL_CONSTEXPR bool is_matrix_v = is_matrix<T>::value;
+
 
 template<typename T,bool=is_scalar<T>::value>
 struct scalar_type
@@ -626,6 +629,9 @@ struct scalar_type<matrix<T,N,M>,false>
     using type = T;
 };
 
+template<typename T>
+using scalar_type_t = typename scalar_type<T>::type;
+
 
 template<uint16_t bytesize>
 struct unsigned_integer_of_size