JuliaArrays / JuliaArrays/BlockArrays.jl

Handling zero sized blocks in assignment with broadcast and operation on self

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Description

This looks like it might be related to #203 , but I am reporting this for completeness. Assignment in combination with broadcasting does not handle zero-sized blocks correctly:

julia> y = BlockedArray([2.0, 3.0], [1,0,1])
3-blocked 2-element BlockedVector{Float64}:
 2.0
 ───
 3.0

julia> z = y .+ 100.0  # correct result
3-blocked 2-element BlockedVector{Float64}:
 102.0
 ─────
 103.0

julia> y .+= 100.0 # second block is not acted upon
3-blocked 2-element BlockedVector{Float64}:
 102.0
 ─────
   3.0

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Reproduce the issue with the shown BlockedArray commands, then trace the assignment and broadcasting path used by y .+= 100.0. Done means the zero-sized middle block is handled correctly and the second block changes from 3.0 to 103.0, with a regression test for this example.

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