Masked arrays

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Issue type
Feature
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Needs clarification
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Stale
Tech stack
rust
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data

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No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing ndarray's current array trait and abstractions, then compare the proposed wrapper and mask cases against those constraints. Done would require a settled implementation direction for masked arrays, rather than an unresolved design discussion.

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Description

Numpy supports masked arrays which is very useful for many use-cases. Are there any plans how a similar feature could be implemented for rust-ndarray?

My current idea would be to build a decorator which wraps an array and contains an additional mask object: struct MaskedArray<A, M>{ array: A, mask: M, }

The mask itself should be a trait (and/or enum?) to handle the following cases:

  • empty (no elements are masked)
  • hard mask: a bool array with the same shape as the data array (masking by coordinate)
  • no-data value (masking by value)
  • predicate (masking by value and/or coordinate)

The problem with this approach is that there is currently no array trait which is needed for the decorator pattern.

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