is defined (reducedim.jl:729, Julia 1.5.0-rc1.0), but not documented.
Also, its behaviour is slightly different from any(a;dims), For instance,
any([1 2].>0,dims=2) gives a BitArray, while any(i->i>0,[1 2],dims=2) gives an array of Bools.
I would prefer to use the any(f, a; dims) method to avoid allocations (when a is large), but I wonder whether I can rely on it?
I imagine you mean that in the any(f, array) signature f is required to be a function, but I couldn’t figure out why that’s needed. What would any(f, array::AbstractArray) be ambiguous with? Maybe that’s just a leftover from when dims was a positional argument.
Sorry, I was thinking of something else; please disregard.
Ah, no problem!
It is a bit hard to keep in mind which functions have a method where the first element is any callable object or just ::Function. I would definitely prefer to have good syntax for a lazy broadcasted object and just do any(for f.(x)) (as in this PR) or whichever other syntax gets chosen.
Do you recommend to stay away from any(f,a;dims) for now?
I don’t have any special insight, but I think it should be fine: IMO it would be breaking to change the behavior of an exported function. Just in case, you could open an issue or PR to mention that it needs docs.
It would be breaking to change the behavior of the public API, and I am not sure if the public API is defined by the body of the exported functions or by the body of the documented functions. I would advise opening a PR asking for documentation, and then get the answer if it is intended to be part of the public API or not.
Oh, good news. Thanks for pinging back. Good contribution.