mcabbott / mcabbott/TensorCast.jl

@cast on functions with tuples as lvalues

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Description

is there a way to use tensor cast for functions that return tuples? e.g.,

function axis_to_random_rotation3(x::AbstractVector)
    x′ = similar(x)
    x′ .= rand(eltype(x),3)
    y = cross(x,x′)
    z = cross(x,y)
    R = [x y z]
    R .= R./norm.(eachcol(R))'

    return R
end

renorm!(n) = n ./= norm(n)

@views function plane_to_random_pose(Π)
    renorm!(Π)
    R = axis_to_random_rotation3(Π[1:3])
    t = -Π[4].*Π[1:3]
    
    return R, t
end

Here I want to use tensor cast to shape the returned pose from a set of planes e.g.

Π = rand(4,100)
@cast something something  := plane_to_random_pose(Π[:,j])[i]

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Start at the @cast macro's handling of function calls, tuple returns, and indexed lvalues; the issue does not name specific files or tests. Determine the intended syntax and semantics for applying plane_to_random_pose(Π[:,j])[i], then add coverage showing that tuple-returning functions can be used in the requested cast expression.

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