pymc-devs / pymc-devs/pytensor
Allow specifying shape of dtyped tensor constructors
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Description
dvector hardcodes shape=(None,). Would be nicer to make it a partial of vector with the fixed dtype to still allow providing a specific static shape if the user wants to
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Research direction
Start in pytensor/tensor/type.py at lines 847-854 and compare dvector with vector. Confirm that dtyped constructors can accept an explicit static shape while retaining their fixed dtype; done means callers can provide a shape that is not limited to (None,).
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100