JuliaDiff / JuliaDiff/ChainRulesCore.jl

CachingThunks

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enhancement pending-clear-need
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Description

It came up in discussion of JuliaDiff/ChainRules.jl#21
that it would be handing to have an object which when evaluted caches its value
(probably a Differentiable, but potentially not?)
that will let us handle things that have computations that might be shared by some of the multiple returned differntiables.

A possibly alternative is to just give this behavour to all Thunks

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Research direction

Start by reading the discussion in JuliaDiff/ChainRules.jl#21 and the existing Thunks behavior described in this issue. Determine whether caching belongs in a separate Differentiable-like object or in all Thunks, then define the expected behavior for computations shared by multiple returned differentiables.

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Assessment

Tech stack
julia
Domain
backend-api-design
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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