Would it be realistic for JAX to support string arrays like numpy does?
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romanngg
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It seems unlikely because the underlying infrastructure (XLA) has no support for strings. It's not out of the question that this might change as the compiler infrastructure evolves.
hawkinsp
on 27 Jan 2020
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How about we close this issue for now, though, at least on the JAX issue tracker, since IIUC it's not on the horizon?
mattjj
on 27 Jan 2020
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It seems unlikely because the underlying infrastructure (XLA) has no support for strings. It's not out of the question that this might change as the compiler infrastructure evolves.