Reductions preserve the AxisArray wrapper (fixes #55)

Author: timholy

src/core.jl

@@ -280,6 +280,55 @@ Base.similar{S}(A::AxisArray, ::Type{S}, ax1::Axis, axs::Axis...) = similar(A, S
     end
 end
 
+# These methods allow us to preserve the AxisArray under reductions
+# Note that we only extend the following two methods, and then have it
+# dispatch to package-local `reduced_indices` and `reduced_indices0`
+# methods. This avoids a whole slew of ambiguities.
+Base.reduced_indices(A::AxisArray, region)  = reduced_indices(axes(A), region)
+Base.reduced_indices0(A::AxisArray, region) = reduced_indices0(axes(A), region)
+
+reduced_indices{N}(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis,N}}, ::Tuple{})  = axs
+reduced_indices0{N}(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis,N}}, ::Tuple{}) = axs
+reduced_indices{N}(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis,N}}, region::Integer) =
+    reduced_indices(axs, (region,))
+reduced_indices0{N}(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis,N}}, region::Integer) =
+    reduced_indices0(axs, (region,))
+
+reduced_indices{N}(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis,N}}, region::Dims) =
+    map((ax,d)->d∈region ? reduced_axis(ax) : ax, axs, ntuple(identity, Val{N}))
+reduced_indices0{N}(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis,N}}, region::Dims) =
+    map((ax,d)->d∈region ? reduced_axis0(ax) : ax, axs, ntuple(identity, Val{N}))
+
+@inline reduced_indices{Ax<:Axis}(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis}}, region::Type{Ax}) =
+    _reduced_indices(reduced_axis, (), region, axs...)
+@inline reduced_indices(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis}}, region::Axis) =
+    _reduced_indices(reduced_axis, (), region, axs...)
+@inline reduced_indices0{Ax<:Axis}(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis}}, region::Type{Ax}) =
+    _reduced_indices(reduced_axis0, (), region, axs...)
+@inline reduced_indices0(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis}}, region::Axis) =
+    _reduced_indices(reduced_axis0, (), region, axs...)
+
+reduced_indices(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis}}, region::Tuple) =
+    reduced_indices(reduced_indices(axs, region[1]), tail(region))
+reduced_indices(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis}}, region::Tuple{Vararg{Axis}}) =
+    reduced_indices(reduced_indices(axs, region[1]), tail(region))
+reduced_indices0(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis}}, region::Tuple) =
+    reduced_indices0(reduced_indices0(axs, region[1]), tail(region))
+reduced_indices0(axs::Tuple{Vararg{Axis}}, region::Tuple{Vararg{Axis}}) =
+    reduced_indices0(reduced_indices0(axs, region[1]), tail(region))
+
+@inline _reduced_indices{name}(f, out, chosen::Type{Axis{name}}, ax::Axis{name}, axs...) =
+    _reduced_indices(f, (out..., f(ax)), chosen, axs...)
+@inline _reduced_indices{name}(f, out, chosen::Axis{name}, ax::Axis{name}, axs...) =
+    _reduced_indices(f, (out..., f(ax)), chosen, axs...)
+@inline _reduced_indices(f, out, chosen, ax::Axis, axs...) =
+    _reduced_indices(f, (out..., ax), chosen, axs...)
+_reduced_indices(f, out, chosen) = out
+
+reduced_axis(ax) = ax(oftype(ax.val, Base.OneTo(1)))
+reduced_axis0(ax) = ax(oftype(ax.val, length(ax.val) == 0 ? Base.OneTo(0) : Base.OneTo(1)))
+
+
 function Base.permutedims(A::AxisArray, perm)
     p = permutation(perm, axisnames(A))
     AxisArray(permutedims(A.data, p), axes(A)[[p...]])

test/core.jl

@@ -225,3 +225,45 @@ map!(*, A2, A, A)
 @test isa(A2, AxisArray)
 @test A2.axes == A.axes
 @test A2.data == A.data .* A.data
+
+# Reductions (issue #55)
+A = AxisArray(collect(reshape(1:15,3,5)), :y, :x)
+B = AxisArray(collect(reshape(1:15,3,5)), Axis{:y}(0.1:0.1:0.3), Axis{:x}(10:10:50))
+for C in (A, B)
+    for op in (sum, minimum)  # together, cover both reduced_indices and reduced_indices0
+        axv = axisvalues(C)
+        C1 = @inferred(op(C, 1))
+        @test typeof(C1) == typeof(C)
+        @test axisnames(C1) == (:y,:x)
+        @test axisvalues(C1) === (oftype(axv[1], Base.OneTo(1)), axv[2])
+        C2 = op(C, 2)
+        @test typeof(C2) == typeof(C)
+        @test axisnames(C2) == (:y,:x)
+        @test axisvalues(C2) === (axv[1], oftype(axv[2], Base.OneTo(1)))
+        C12 = @inferred(op(C, (1,2)))
+        @test typeof(C12) == typeof(C)
+        @test axisnames(C12) == (:y,:x)
+        @test axisvalues(C12) === (oftype(axv[1], Base.OneTo(1)), oftype(axv[2], Base.OneTo(1)))
+        if op == sum
+            @test C1 == [6 15 24 33 42]
+            @test C2 == reshape([35,40,45], 3, 1)
+            @test C12 == reshape([120], 1, 1)
+        else
+            @test C1 == [1 4 7 10 13]
+            @test C2 == reshape([1,2,3], 3, 1)
+            @test C12 == reshape([1], 1, 1)
+        end
+        C1t = @inferred(op(C, Axis{:y}))
+        @test C1t == C1
+        C2t = @inferred(op(C, Axis{:x}))
+        @test C2t == C2
+        C12t = @inferred(op(C, (Axis{:y},Axis{:x})))
+        @test C12t == C12
+        C1t = @inferred(op(C, Axis{:y}()))
+        @test C1t == C1
+        C2t = @inferred(op(C, Axis{:x}()))
+        @test C2t == C2
+        C12t = @inferred(op(C, (Axis{:y}(),Axis{:x}())))
+        @test C12t == C12
+    end
+end