JuliaArrays / JuliaArrays/BlockArrays.jl

Stack overflow when copying nested block array

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Description

Reproducing example:

eachblockrow(x) = (view(x,b,:) for b in blockaxes(x,1))
f(x) = x # just for illustrating use case

m = mortar([mortar([rand(1,j) for k=1:i, _=1:1]) for i=2:4, j=3:5])
Matrix(m) # fine
m_f = mortar(reduce(vcat, blocks.(f.(eachblockrow(m)))))
Matrix(m_f) # stack overflow

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Research direction

Run the supplied reproduction and compare the successful Matrix(m) conversion with the stack overflow from Matrix(m_f). Start by tracing the nested mortar, blocks, reduce(vcat), and Matrix paths involved in eachblockrow; done means the reproduced nested block-array conversion no longer overflows the stack.

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julia
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data
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
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3-5 days
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