JuliaDiff / JuliaDiff/ChainRulesCore.jl
Implement getindex and view for AbstractZero
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Description
It would be handy to add something like the following overloads:
getindex(x::AbstractZero, i..) = x
view(x::AbstractZero, i...) = x
since a Zero if interpreted as an array can only have Zero subarrays or elements. This would make it so rules that depend only on certain elements of a differential don't necessarily have to special-case to work around possible Zero arrays but can instead just index them as normal.
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Research direction
Start by locating AbstractZero and the existing getindex and view definitions in the Julia source. Add the requested behavior, then run the relevant test suite and verify that indexing or viewing an AbstractZero returns the same Zero value.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia
- Domain
- backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100