Maybe allow broadcasting across ragged-sized entities
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Description
It might be of interest to allow this (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagged_array) generally, since non-rectangular data can be a "thing". Also it might simplify PDL::Graphics::PLplot since that now uses Iliffe vectors internally with its plAlloc2dGrid et al. That would mean loop() would need to be aware, and $SIZE(n) would vary.
There would need to be some additional structure to store the length of each sub-entry, since the point of this is to allow that to vary (though it wouldn't for the rectangular data used by PLplot).
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Research direction
Start by examining how loop() and $SIZE(n) currently handle rectangular entities, then review PDL::Graphics::PLplot and its use of plAlloc2dGrid. Define the additional structure needed to retain each sub-entry's length and specify how broadcasting and iteration should behave for ragged data; completion requires an agreed design and corresponding behavior for both ragged and rectangular inputs.
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- perl
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- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
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- Over a week
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- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 25/100