After a couple hours switching back and forth between versions, I found a problem with the scalar product of complex vectors. Here is a minimal example,
library(inline) require( RcppArmadillo ) ## let's calculate this product c(-1-1i, 1-1i) %*% c(1i, -1i) ## 0-2i ## trans() with v0.2.19 fx <- cxxfunction( signature() , ' arma::cx_colvec A = " (-1,-1) (+1,-1) ;", B = "(+0,1) (+0,-1) ;" ; arma::cx_colvec res = trans(A) * B; return wrap( res ) ; ', plugin = "RcppArmadillo" ) fx() ## 0-2i ## strans() with v0.2.21 fx <- cxxfunction( signature() , ' arma::cx_colvec A = " (-1,-1) (+1,-1) ;", B = "(+0,1) (+0,-1) ;" ; arma::cx_colvec res = strans(A) *B; return wrap( res ) ; ', plugin = "RcppArmadillo" ) fx() ## 1-1i Best regards, baptiste On 31 May 2011 10:01, baptiste auguie <baptiste.aug...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I was a bit optimistic yesterday; I have not yet been able to produce > a minimal example but it seems trans/strans was not the end of the > story in my code. Something else was broken with the change to > 0.2.21.Thankfully the end results are very visibly wrong. > > Best regards, > > Baptiste > > On 31 May 2011 07:02, Savitsky, Terrance <savit...@rand.org> wrote: >> Dr. Sanderson, I've been able to verify that my issue resides in the >> inv() function (that I typically apply to small p x p matrices, where p >> = 3 - 10). In particular, the new version/algorithm induces numerical >> instability. I've not yet tested that the results of the inv() >> computation are generally accurate, only that they are not numerically >> robust in comparison to 0.2.19. I'm up against a deadline, so I >> switched back to 0.2.19, which resolves my problem, for now, but will >> provide a reproducible example when finished with my work. >> >> Terrance >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Conrad Sand [mailto:conradsand.r...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 6:34 AM >> To: rcpp-de...@r-forge.wu-wien.ac.at >> Cc: Savitsky, Terrance >> Subject: Re: trans() changed in latest RcppArmadillo >> >> On 30 May 2011, Terrance Savitsky wrote: >>> Hello, After upgrading to the 0.2.21 release of RcppArmadillo, my >>> previously working code (across many functions) ceased working (on a >>> Windows XP installation). I re-installed the previous version >> (0.2.20) >>> from CRAN (via a server location not yet updated to 0.2.21); didn't >> fix it. >>> The timing may be a coincidence, though reading the post on >>> trans() encourages me to make this post. While I use 'trans' across >> my >>> functions, it is not applied on complex-valued matrices; only >>> real-valued. So the prior post wouldn't explain my issue. >> >> Hi, I'm the main author of Armadillo. >> >> I'm interested in hearing about all regressions -- can you provide >> more details ? >> >> There have been a lot of changes between Armadillo 1.2 and the latest >> beta (1.99.3). I'd like to shake out all known bugs before releasing >> 2.0. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Conrad >> >> -- >> Dr Conrad Sanderson : Sr Research Scientist : NICTA : >> http://arma.sf.net/cs >> >> __________________________________________________________________________ >> >> This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and >> may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, >> disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended >> recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies >> of the original message. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rcpp-devel mailing list >> Rcpp-devel@lists.r-forge.r-project.org >> https://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rcpp-devel >> > _______________________________________________ Rcpp-devel mailing list Rcpp-devel@lists.r-forge.r-project.org https://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rcpp-devel