Task: Quaternion type

C: #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <math.h>

typedef struct quaternion
{
  double q[4];
} quaternion_t;


quaternion_t *quaternion_new(void)
{
  return malloc(sizeof(quaternion_t));
}

quaternion_t *quaternion_new_set(double q1,
				 double q2,
				 double q3,
				 double q4)
{
  quaternion_t *q = malloc(sizeof(quaternion_t));
  if (q != NULL) {
    q->q[0] = q1; q->q[1] = q2; q->q[2] = q3; q->q[3] = q4;
  }
  return q;
}


void quaternion_copy(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *q)
{
  size_t i;

  if (r == NULL || q == NULL) return;
  for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) r->q[i] = q->q[i];
}


double quaternion_norm(quaternion_t *q)
{
  size_t i;
  double r = 0.0;
  
  if (q == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "NULL quaternion in norm\n");
    return 0.0;
  }

  for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) r += q->q[i] * q->q[i];
  return sqrt(r);
}


void quaternion_neg(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *q)
{
  size_t i;

  if (q == NULL || r == NULL) return;
  for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) r->q[i] = -q->q[i];
}


void quaternion_conj(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *q)
{
  size_t i;

  if (q == NULL || r == NULL) return;
  r->q[0] = q->q[0];
  for(i = 1; i < 4; i++) r->q[i] = -q->q[i];
}


void quaternion_add_d(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *q, double d)
{
  if (q == NULL || r == NULL) return;
  quaternion_copy(r, q);
  r->q[0] += d;
}


void quaternion_add(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *a, quaternion_t *b)
{
  size_t i;

  if (r == NULL || a == NULL || b == NULL) return;
  for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) r->q[i] = a->q[i] + b->q[i];
}


void quaternion_mul_d(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *q, double d)
{
  size_t i;

  if (r == NULL || q == NULL) return;
  for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) r->q[i] = q->q[i] * d;
}

bool quaternion_equal(quaternion_t *a, quaternion_t *b)
{
  size_t i;
  
  for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) if (a->q[i] != b->q[i]) return false;
  return true;
}


#define A(N) (a->q[(N)])
#define B(N) (b->q[(N)])
#define R(N) (r->q[(N)])
void quaternion_mul(quaternion_t *r, quaternion_t *a, quaternion_t *b)
{
  size_t i;
  double ri = 0.0;

  if (r == NULL || a == NULL || b == NULL) return;
  R(0) = A(0)*B(0) - A(1)*B(1) - A(2)*B(2) - A(3)*B(3);
  R(1) = A(0)*B(1) + A(1)*B(0) + A(2)*B(3) - A(3)*B(2);
  R(2) = A(0)*B(2) - A(1)*B(3) + A(2)*B(0) + A(3)*B(1);
  R(3) = A(0)*B(3) + A(1)*B(2) - A(2)*B(1) + A(3)*B(0);
}
#undef A
#undef B
#undef R


void quaternion_print(quaternion_t *q)
{
  if (q == NULL) return;
  printf("(%lf, %lf, %lf, %lf)\n", 
	 q->q[0], q->q[1], q->q[2], q->q[3]);
}







Python: from collections import namedtuple
import math

class Q(namedtuple('Quaternion', 'real, i, j, k')):
    'Quaternion type: Q(real=0.0, i=0.0, j=0.0, k=0.0)' 

    __slots__ = () 

    def __new__(_cls, real=0.0, i=0.0, j=0.0, k=0.0):
        'Defaults all parts of quaternion to zero'
        return super().__new__(_cls, float(real), float(i), float(j), float(k))

    def conjugate(self):
        return Q(self.real, -self.i, -self.j, -self.k)

    def _norm2(self):
        return sum( x*x for x in self)

    def norm(self):
        return math.sqrt(self._norm2())

    def reciprocal(self):
        n2 = self._norm2()
        return Q(*(x / n2 for x in self.conjugate())) 

    def __str__(self):
        'Shorter form of Quaternion as string'
        return 'Q(%g, %g, %g, %g)' % self

    def __neg__(self):
        return Q(-self.real, -self.i, -self.j, -self.k)

    def __add__(self, other):
        if type(other) == Q:
            return Q( *(s+o for s,o in zip(self, other)) )
        try:
            f = float(other)
        except:
            return NotImplemented
        return Q(self.real + f, self.i, self.j, self.k)

    def __radd__(self, other):
        return Q.__add__(self, other)

    def __mul__(self, other):
        if type(other) == Q:
            a1,b1,c1,d1 = self
            a2,b2,c2,d2 = other
            return Q(
                 a1*a2 - b1*b2 - c1*c2 - d1*d2,
                 a1*b2 + b1*a2 + c1*d2 - d1*c2,
                 a1*c2 - b1*d2 + c1*a2 + d1*b2,
                 a1*d2 + b1*c2 - c1*b2 + d1*a2 )
        try:
            f = float(other)
        except:
            return NotImplemented
        return Q(self.real * f, self.i * f, self.j * f, self.k * f)

    def __rmul__(self, other):
        return Q.__mul__(self, other)

    def __truediv__(self, other):
        if type(other) == Q:
            return self.__mul__(other.reciprocal())
        try:
            f = float(other)
        except:
            return NotImplemented
        return Q(self.real / f, self.i / f, self.j / f, self.k / f)

    def __rtruediv__(self, other):
        return other * self.reciprocal()

    __div__, __rdiv__ = __truediv__, __rtruediv__

Quaternion = Q       

q  = Q(1, 2, 3, 4)
q1 = Q(2, 3, 4, 5)
q2 = Q(3, 4, 5, 6)
r  = 7