ENH, DOC: Allocate a view without initializing?
Not sure if this currently exists, if it does we may need to document it. If not, may be useful to have something similar to the C++ Kokkos::ViewAllocateWithoutInitializing, since it is a frequent occurrence to initialize a Kokkos view with the intention of replacing all entries instead of using those initial zeros (i.e., when testing and setting explicit values to the view right away after allocating).
i.e., a way to avoid the zeroing/initialization similar to np.empty()
import pykokkos as pk
def main():
v = pk.View([10], int)
print("v:", v)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
Produces: v: [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
While print(np.empty(10, dtype=int))
will produce a non-deterministic/uninitalized array like:
[140397481729328 94242978908512 140397472976112 140396602894832
140397471432432 140396602894896 140396614373024 140396614373120
140396614373168 140396602895168]
I think the way to do this is by adding a new binding to the constructor in pykokkos-base