Documentation and Convenience wrappers#5
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| To combine Manifolds one can use `PowerManifold` and `ProductManifold`. | ||
| The constructor of `PowerManifold` takes the exponentiated manifold `M`, the dimensions of this manifold `inner_dims` and the exponents `outer_dims`. | ||
| The constructor of `ProductManifold` takes the two manifolds `m1` and `m2` and their respective dimensions `dims1` and `dims2` as arguments. | ||
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I'd rather not document those yet, as they have a pretty crappy interface. Let those who want it use it in wait of a better code.
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| The projections implemented are retract and project_tangent (both are also available inplace `!`). | ||
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| retract(M::Manifold, x) = retract!(M, copy(x)) |
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No need to say how retract is implemented to the user. Maybe just say (after the "example" section) how to define a new manifold, which would function as an API documentation? Taking for instance the example of the "partial sphere" you had.
| "Returns a point that corresponds to the retraction of the given point `x` back onto the Manifold `M`" | ||
| retract(M::Manifold, x) = retract!(M, copy(x)) | ||
| "Retracts a given point `x` back onto the Manifold `M`" | ||
| function retract!(M::Manifold, x) end |
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IMO this type of comment is just noise: it doesn't tell you anything that you wouldn't get by reading the function name. Adding more comments is great when a code is finalized and won't change for ten years. I doubt this is the case with this library, so any comment means giving a false sense of a mature library, and means having to maintain it when we change things around.
| function retract!(M::Manifold, x) end | ||
| """ | ||
| Returns the projection of the given vector `g` into the tangent space on the Manifold `M` around the point `x`. | ||
| `x` is assumed to lie on the manifold. This is not checked! |
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"around the point x (assumed to lie on M)"
| end | ||
| ProductManifold(m1::Manifold, m2::Manifold, dim1::Int, dim2::Int) = ProductManifold(m1, m2, Tuple(dim1), Tuple(dim2)) | ||
| ProductManifold(m1::Manifold, m2::Manifold, dim1::Tuple, dim2::Int) = ProductManifold(m1, m2, dim1, Tuple(dim2)) | ||
| ProductManifold(m1::Manifold, m2::Manifold, dim1::Int, dim2::Tuple) = ProductManifold(m1, m2, Tuple(dim1), dim2) |
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I'd rather not have these for the same reason as above: this API is pretty bad anyway...
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Thanks for the PR! See comments. Sorry to be so negative, but this library is a newborn (it's not even used by anybody yet), and adding convenience wrappers and comments, while great in theory, feels premature at this stage. |
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It is fine, its better to say clear what you envision |
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A few convenience wrappers for the product and power manifold contructors.
But primarily some documentation of the functions.
Is it OK to add empty functions on the abstract type, that contain the documentations, as all retract and project_tangent have the same basic functionality?
Also added a short description of most things in the readme.
If you have any feedback let me know