JuliaDiff / JuliaDiff/ForwardDiff.jl
`NaNMath` (and `SpecialFunctions`) as extensions?
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Description
in particular, this code seems really weird:
in particular because NaNMath is loaded beforehand:
The same thing can be said about SpecialFunctions.
I noticed that DiffRules also depends on NaNMath and SpecialFunctions, but does not load those packages. ForwardDiff does.
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Research direction
Start by reading src/dual.jl lines 463-477 and src/ForwardDiff.jl line 10, then compare how DiffRules handles its NaNMath and SpecialFunctions dependencies. Clarify whether these packages should be loaded directly or exposed as extensions, and identify the dependency behavior that should be covered before making a change.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100