Final piece for v3.0

Project.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "LinearMaps"
 uuid = "7a12625a-238d-50fd-b39a-03d52299707e"
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "3.0"
 
 [deps]
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"

docs/src/custom.jl

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ mul!(similar(x)', x', A)
 # ## Application to matrices
 
 # By default, applying a `LinearMap` `A` to a matrix `X` via `A*X` does
-# *not* aplly `A` to each column of `X` viewed as a vector, but interprets
+# *not* apply `A` to each column of `X` viewed as a vector, but interprets
 # `X` as a linear map, wraps it as such and returns `(A*X)::CompositeMap`.
 # Calling the in-place multiplication function `mul!(Y, A, X)` for matrices,
 # however, does compute the columnwise action of `A` on `X` and stores the

docs/src/history.md

@@ -1,56 +1,86 @@
-# What's new?
-
-### What's new in v2.7
-*   Potential reduction of memory allocations in multiplication of
-    `LinearCombination`s, `BlockMap`s, and real- or complex-scaled `LinearMap`s.
-    For the latter, a new internal type `ScaledMap` has been introduced.
-*   Multiplication code for `CompositeMap`s has been refactored to facilitate to
-    provide memory for storage of intermediate results by directly calling helper
-    functions.
-
-### What's new in v2.6
-*   New feature: "lazy" Kronecker product, Kronecker sums, and powers thereof
-    for `LinearMap`s. `AbstractMatrix` objects are promoted to `LinearMap`s if
-    one of the first 8 Kronecker factors is a `LinearMap` object.
-*   Compatibility with the generic multiply-and-add interface (a.k.a. 5-arg
-    `mul!`) introduced in julia v1.3
-
-### What's new in v2.5
-*   New feature: concatenation of `LinearMap`s objects with `UniformScaling`s,
-    consistent with (h-, v-, and hc-)concatenation of matrices. Note, matrices
-    `A` must be wrapped as `LinearMap(A)`, `UniformScaling`s are promoted to
-    `LinearMap`s automatically.
-
-### What's new in v2.4
-*   Support restricted to Julia v1.0+.
-
-### What's new in v2.3
-*   Fully Julia v0.7/v1.0/v1.1 compatible.
-*   Full support of noncommutative number types such as quaternions.
-
-### What's new in v2.2
-*   Fully Julia v0.7/v1.0 compatible.
-*   A `convert(SparseMatrixCSC, A::LinearMap)` function, that calls the `sparse`
-    matrix generating function.
-
-### What's new in v2.1
-*   Fully Julia v0.7 compatible; dropped compatibility for previous versions of
-    Julia from LinearMaps.jl v2.0.0 on.
-*   A 5-argument version for `mul!(y, A::LinearMap, x, α=1, β=0)`, which
-    computes `y := α * A * x + β * y` and implements the usual 3-argument
-    `mul!(y, A, x)` for the default `α` and `β`.
-*   Synonymous `convert(Matrix, A::LinearMap)` and `convert(Array, A::LinearMap)`
-    functions, that call the `Matrix` constructor and return the matrix
-    representation of `A`.
-*   Multiplication with matrices, interpreted as a block row vector of vectors:
-    * `mul!(Y::AbstractArray, A::LinearMap, X::AbstractArray, α=1, β=0)`:
-      applies `A` to each column of `X` and stores the result in-place in the
-      corresponding column of `Y`;
-    * for the out-of-place multiplication, the approach is to compute
-      `convert(Matrix, A * X)`; this is equivalent to applying `A` to each
-      column of `X`. In generic code which handles both `A::AbstractMatrix` and
-      `A::LinearMap`, the additional call to `convert` is a noop when `A` is a
-      matrix.
-*   Full compatibility with [Arpack.jl](https://github.com/JuliaLinearAlgebra/Arpack.jl)'s
-    `eigs` and `svds`; previously only `eigs` was working. For more, nicely
-    collaborating packages see the [Example](#example) section.
+# Version history
+
+## What's new in v3.0
+
+* BREAKING change: Internally, any dependence on former `A*_mul_B!` methods is abandonned.
+  For custom `LinearMap` subtypes, there are now two options:
+  1. In case your type is invariant under adjoint/transposition (i.e.,
+     `adjoint(L::MyLinearMap)::MyLinearMap` similar to, for instance,
+     `LinearCombination`s or `CompositeMap`s, `At_mul_B!` and `Ac_mul_B!` do
+     not require any replacement! Rather, multiplication by `L'` is, in this case,
+     handled by `mul!(y, L::MyLinearMap, x[, α, β])`.
+  2. Otherwise, you will need to define `mul!` methods with the signature
+     `mul!(y, L::TransposeMap{<:Any,MyLinearMap}, x[, α, β])` and
+     `mul!(y, L::AdjointMap{<:Any,MyLinearMap}, x[, α, β])`.
+* Left multiplying by a transpose or adjoint vector (e.g., `y'*A`)
+  produces a transpose or adjoint vector output, rather than a composite `LinearMap`.
+* Block concatenation now handles matrices and vectors directly by internal promotion
+  to `LinearMap`s. For `[h/v/hc]cat` it suffices to have a `LinearMap` object anywhere
+  in the list of arguments. For the block-diagonal concatenation via
+  `SparseArrays.blockdiag`, a `LinearMap` object has to appear among the first 8 arguments.
+  This restriction, however, does not apply to block-diagonal concatenation via
+  `Base.cat(As...; dims=(1,2))`.
+* Introduction of more expressive and visually appealing `show` methods, replacing
+  the fallback to the generic `show`.
+
+## What's new in v2.7
+
+* Potential reduction of memory allocations in multiplication of
+  `LinearCombination`s, `BlockMap`s, and real- or complex-scaled `LinearMap`s.
+  For the latter, a new internal type `ScaledMap` has been introduced.
+* Multiplication code for `CompositeMap`s has been refactored to facilitate to
+  provide memory for storage of intermediate results by directly calling helper
+  functions.
+
+## What's new in v2.6
+
+* New feature: "lazy" Kronecker product, Kronecker sums, and powers thereof
+  for `LinearMap`s. `AbstractMatrix` objects are promoted to `LinearMap`s if
+  one of the first 8 Kronecker factors is a `LinearMap` object.
+* Compatibility with the generic multiply-and-add interface (a.k.a. 5-arg
+  `mul!`) introduced in julia v1.3
+
+## What's new in v2.5
+
+* New feature: concatenation of `LinearMap`s objects with `UniformScaling`s,
+  consistent with (h-, v-, and hc-)concatenation of matrices. Note, matrices
+  `A` must be wrapped as `LinearMap(A)`, `UniformScaling`s are promoted to
+  `LinearMap`s automatically.
+
+## What's new in v2.4
+
+* Support restricted to Julia v1.0+.
+
+## What's new in v2.3
+
+* Fully Julia v0.7/v1.0/v1.1 compatible.
+* Full support of noncommutative number types such as quaternions.
+
+## What's new in v2.2
+
+* Fully Julia v0.7/v1.0 compatible.
+* A `convert(SparseMatrixCSC, A::LinearMap)` function, that calls the `sparse`
+  matrix generating function.
+
+## What's new in v2.1
+
+* Fully Julia v0.7 compatible; dropped compatibility for previous versions of
+  Julia from LinearMaps.jl v2.0.0 on.
+* A 5-argument version for `mul!(y, A::LinearMap, x, α=1, β=0)`, which
+  computes `y := α * A * x + β * y` and implements the usual 3-argument
+  `mul!(y, A, x)` for the default `α` and `β`.
+* Synonymous `convert(Matrix, A::LinearMap)` and `convert(Array, A::LinearMap)`
+  functions, that call the `Matrix` constructor and return the matrix
+  representation of `A`.
+* Multiplication with matrices, interpreted as a block row vector of vectors:
+  * `mul!(Y::AbstractArray, A::LinearMap, X::AbstractArray, α=1, β=0)`:
+    applies `A` to each column of `X` and stores the result in-place in the
+    corresponding column of `Y`;
+  * for the out-of-place multiplication, the approach is to compute
+    `convert(Matrix, A * X)`; this is equivalent to applying `A` to each
+    column of `X`. In generic code which handles both `A::AbstractMatrix` and
+    `A::LinearMap`, the additional call to `convert` is a noop when `A` is a
+    matrix.
+* Full compatibility with [Arpack.jl](https://github.com/JuliaLinearAlgebra/Arpack.jl)'s
+  `eigs` and `svds`; previously only `eigs` was working. For more, nicely
+  collaborating packages see the [Example](#example) section.

src/blockmap.jl

@@ -442,22 +442,20 @@ for k in 1:8 # is 8 sufficient?
     mapargs = ntuple(n ->:($(Symbol(:A, n))), Val(k-1))
     # yields (:LinearMap(A1), :LinearMap(A2), ..., :LinearMap(A(k-1)))
 
-    @eval begin
-        function SparseArrays.blockdiag($(Is...), $L, As::MapOrVecOrMat...)
-            return BlockDiagonalMap(convert_to_lmaps($(mapargs...))...,
-                                    $(Symbol(:A, k)),
-                                    convert_to_lmaps(As...)...)
-        end
+    @eval function SparseArrays.blockdiag($(Is...), $L, As::MapOrVecOrMat...)
+        return BlockDiagonalMap(convert_to_lmaps($(mapargs...))...,
+                                $(Symbol(:A, k)),
+                                convert_to_lmaps(As...)...)
+    end
+end
 
-        function Base.cat($(Is...), $L, As::MapOrVecOrMat...; dims::Dims{2})
-            if dims == (1,2)
-                return BlockDiagonalMap(convert_to_lmaps($(mapargs...))...,
-                                        $(Symbol(:A, k)),
-                                        convert_to_lmaps(As...)...)
-            else
-                throw(ArgumentError("dims keyword in cat of LinearMaps must be (1,2)"))
-            end
-        end
+# This method is more generic than Base._cat(catdims, A::AbstractArray...), and
+# therefore does not override Base/StdLib behavior
+function Base._cat(dims, As::MapOrVecOrMat...)
+    if dims::Dims{2} == (1, 2)
+        return BlockDiagonalMap(convert_to_lmaps(As...)...)
+    else
+        throw(ArgumentError("dims keyword in cat of LinearMaps must be (1,2)"))
     end
 end
 
@@ -474,8 +472,8 @@ SparseArrays.blockdiag
     cat(As::Union{LinearMap,AbstractVecOrMat}...; dims=(1,2))::BlockDiagonalMap
 
 Construct a (lazy) representation of the diagonal concatenation of the arguments.
-To avoid fallback to the generic `Base.cat`, there must be a `LinearMap`
-object among the first 8 arguments.
+To avoid fallback to the generic `Base.cat`, there must be a `LinearMap` object
+among the arguments, without any restriction on its position.
 """
 Base.cat