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Trying to figure out the best way to create homogenous, n-dimensional arrays in Scala. Array.ofDim() not proving to be ideal.
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| / This takes forever and seems to use a lot more memory than expected | |
| Array.ofDim[Double](2048, 2048, 2048) | |
| // This seems to work faster and uses less memory. | |
| def get1d(d1 : Int, init : Double) = Stream.continually(init) take d1 toArray | |
| def get2d(d1 : Int, d2 : Int, init : Double) = Stream.continually( get1d(d2, init) ) take d1 toArray | |
| def get3d(d1 : Int, d2 : Int, d3 : Int, init : Double) = Stream.continually( get2d(d2, d3, init) ) take d1 toArray | |
| // More testing is needed. |
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Nope. This doesn't work. A list is created as a result, which means that you are paying at least O(n) as we take more elements in the Stream. Then it is converted to an array. Too bad.