Congratulations. I am looking forward to using it. Are the performance characteristics as good as expected (compared to DataArray?)
On Sunday, 20 September 2015 02:38:08 UTC+9, David Gold wrote: > > I'm happy to announce that a tagged and registered beta release of > NullableArrays.jl <https://github.com/JuliaStats/NullableArrays.jl> is > now available for use with the Julia 0.4 release candidates. This is the > latest stage of my work for the Julia Summer of Code '15 program, and I > hope to continue to be involved in its development. I'd be remiss not to > thank Alan Edelman's group at MIT, NumFocus, and the Gordon & Betty Moore > Foundation for their financial support, John Myles White for his mentorship > and guidance, and many others of the Julia community who have helped to > contribute both to the package and to my edification as a programmer over > the summer. > > NullableArrays.jl provides the NullableArray{T, N} type, which is a > "struct-of-array" alternative to Array{Nullable{T}, N}. Our main concern in > developing this package has been to replace DataArrays.jl in providing > support for the representation of missing values in statistical computing. > However, the NullableArray type should be useful in any implementation that > would otherwise involve an Array of Nullable objects, since its > struct-of-array design allows for a number of optimizations. The > NullableArray type takes advantage of the AbstractArray interface and the > package includes specialized implementations for methods such as map, > reduce, broadcast, and a number of Vector-specific methods. > > Documentation is currently available in the README and through the Julia > REPL's help mode, with centralized online documentation coming shortly. > > I welcome you all to try out the package, file bug reports and feature > requests, and, if you are so inclined, submit PRs. Happy coding! > > David >
