Broadcast LinearOperators

[tmigot]

What is the best way to broadcast LinearOperators? For instance,

Jx =  jac_op(nlp, x) # where nlp is an AbstractNLPModel, and x a vector

and then

Jx .= jac_op(nlp, y)

[dpo]

You can't do that (at least not in the current state of things). Maybe we could cook up jac_op!(J, nlp, x).

[abelsiqueira]

I think that if you define Jx = jac_op(nlp, x), and change x afterward with .=, then Jx is changed automatically. At least for the default jac_op.

[dpo]

Is it? That wouldn't really be a desirable side effect.

[abelsiqueira]

Perhaps we could store the x value inside the operator? Maybe creating a HessianLinearOperator?

[tmigot]

Up this conversation following the discussion JuliaSmoothOptimizers/NLPModels.jl#416

What @abelsiqueira described

I think that if you define Jx = jac_op(nlp, x), and change x afterward with .=, then Jx is changed automatically. At least for the default jac_op.

is still true with LinearOperators v2.

Besides, I am not sure to see how we replace op.prod! because we cannot do

op.prod! = new_prod!

because of this

MethodError: Cannot `convert` an object of type NLPModels.var"#40#41"{Float64, SimpleNLPModel{Float64, Vector{Float64}}, Vector{Float64}, Vector{Float64}, typeof(*), typeof(+)} to an object of type NLPModels.var"#49#50"{Float64, SimpleNLPModel{Float64, Vector{Float64}}, Vector{Float64}, Vector{Float64}, typeof(*), typeof(+)}