I tried using the fast_callable function with a List and keep getting the "Unable to convert...to an integer" error. I am using the list to simply pass parameters to the function.
Are there any special rules or techniques for passing Lists or Arrays to fast-callable ?
Thanks.
The error you encounter is not with fast_callable, but with defining a symbolic function.
In general, it is recommended to write one instruction per line.
This would let you see that while your first example works:
sage: k = 1.8
sage: func(m) = bessel_J(m^2, k)
sage: fmax = fast_callable(func, vars=[m])
sage: print func(1.)
0.581516951731165
sage: print fmax(1.)
0.581516951731165
the second example fails at the stage of defining func(m):
sage: k = 1.8
sage: v = [0.0, 1.0, 4.0, 9.0]
sage: func(m) = bessel_J(v[m], k)
Traceback (most recent call last)
...
TypeError: unable to convert m to an integer
A simpler example of this failure is as follows:
sage: l = [1, 2, 3]
sage: f(m) = l[m]
Traceback (most recent call last)
...
TypeError: unable to convert m to an integer
Thanks for your comment!
It appears that the problem isn't actually with using a List with fast_callable but when I try to use the List index as a variable. I was able to do a workaround by defining a new function by summing all of the terms which refer to this List in the function using a simple loop. I am then able to use fast_callable with this new function. The speedup is almost 10-fold !
I personally suspect you just can't do it without extending fast_callable from its current signature. See the doc:
Currently, x can be an expression object, an element of SR, or a (univariate or multivariate) polynomial; this list will probably be extended soon.
However, hopefully someone else will provide a workaround, perhaps involving creating a list function or something.
Asked: 2016-07-14 09:20:41 +0100
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Last updated: Jul 17 '16
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Hi! Can you give a minimal working (or not working, I guess) code example of exactly what you are trying to do?
Hi, thanks for your comment - I should've included a working snippet example of what I am trying to do.
0.581516951731165; 0.581516951731165
Traceback (click to the left of this block for traceback) ... TypeError: unable to convert m to an integer
Even better, would you edit your question and add the example there?
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