JuliaParallel / JuliaParallel/DistributedArrays.jl
Transfer of distributed structs when members are accessed
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Description
Hello,
Consider the following example:
```
@everywhere struct SS1
v::Vector{Float64}
m::Vector{Float64}
end
dSS=@DArray [SS1(rand(10),i*ones(10)) for i in 1:10]
dSS2=@DArray [SS1(rand(10^6),i*ones(10)) for i in 1:10];
@time dSS[2].m
@time dSS2[2].m;
0.004819 seconds (81 allocations: 4.094 KiB)
0.005085 seconds (210 allocations: 7.634 MiB)
```
As you see, the whole struct gets serialized (7 mb) and then `v` (small vector) can be accessed. Is there a way to implement this so that `dS[2].v` is sent without the whole `struct`.
Put in another way, is there a generic way to have `dS[i].m` mean something like `getm(dS,i)` where:
```
@everywhere function getm(dS,i)
indi=DistributedArrays.locate(dS,i)
pidi=procs(dS)[indi...]
lindi=i-dS.cuts[1][indi...]+1
@fetchfrom pidi dS[:L][lindi].m
end
```
Is this possible? Is it a reasonable feature to ask for :)?
Thanks!
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