Introduce an ArrayLike trait #1469
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This is one of two PRs I'm working on that start to "traitify" ndarray. This trait is like the
Ndarraytrait suggested by @bluss in #339, but is slightly broader: it's meant to encapsulate not just actualndarraytypes, but anything that could act like a multidimensional array. This includes Vecs, slices, arrays, and (critically) scalars that implementScalarOperand.The motivation for me was trying to design a set of methods expanded numerical methods, addressing #1462 (and others). My goal was to have these methods
num_traitstraits, i.e.,absforT: Signed.I was able to accomplish 1-3 with existing infrastructure, but you can see in #1462 that I was struggling with (4). This trait would allow me to accomplish all of these tasks.
Feedback is greatly welcome. Keep an eye out for two more upcoming PRs:
ArrayLike, to close #14632Ndarraytrait, following the design ofNdArraytrait #339Note: This PR uses #1440 so should be merged after that.