JuliaDiff / JuliaDiff/AbstractDifferentiation.jl
Get rid of ugly macro?
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Description
I was chatting with @adrhill and he suggested that the macro @primitive could be discarded if each backend simply implemented some methods from AbstractDifferentiation, mostly jacobian and a pushforward or pullback. Thoughts?
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Research direction
Start by reading the @primitive macro and the AbstractDifferentiation interface, then inspect how the backends currently provide jacobian, pushforward, and pullback. The issue does not name files or tests; completion would require deciding whether the macro can be removed and confirming that each backend implements the required methods consistently.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia
- Domain
- machine-learning
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100