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Add Cache as another type of context #551

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gdalle opened this issue Oct 8, 2024 · 1 comment
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Add Cache as another type of context #551

gdalle opened this issue Oct 8, 2024 · 1 comment
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gdalle commented Oct 8, 2024

At the moment, DI only supports passing additional arguments if they are Constant, that is, their value is not modified by the function.
We also need to support passing Caches, which can be mutated with active (differentiated) values.
Here's a breakdown of how this can work, backend by backend:

  • Finite differences: straightforward, active values are just standard floats
  • ForwardDiff: preallocate a corresponding cache with Dual numbers, similar to PreallocationTools.jl
  • Enzyme: mark the caches with (Batch)Duplicated
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gdalle commented Oct 16, 2024

Implemented and tested for finite difference backends in #587

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