May 5, 2014 · The word scalar derives from the Latin word scalaris, an adjectival form of scala (Latin for "ladder"). The English word "scale" also comes from scala. Source. A Scalar is a …

Jul 11, 2019 · The terms 'scalar type' or 'scalar field' are usually used to contrast them with compound types/fields. A compound type is easiest to define and it is a type that contains …

May 29, 2023 · Use normal scalar fields with no presence tracking by default, and use fields with explicit presence tracking (e.g. optional) only where needed. Generally it means that if we …

Aug 6, 2015 · In scalar context, it returns the one value of that list that you probably want if you only want one value. That's the UID of the named user. There's no rule that governs what a …

Sep 5, 2017 · @KilianFoth: I don't think this applies here. "Composite design pattern" would require to wrap the passed parameter in an additional class hierarchy, but additional wrappers …

Aug 6, 2017 · Take a scalar, say 0 or null and force it to be the value of every key in the map: {"a": 0, "b": 0} This way, under standard comparison tools, the objects are equal, even if the key …

"On the other hand, it behaves exactly like vector multiplication by a scalar, so in that sense it is intuitive." I disagree with this sentence. In mathematics, if k is a scalar and v is a vector, then k …

Using SIMD instructions (confusingly, this is also called "vectorization" but in a different sense than in the text quotes in the question). In essence, instead of 4 or 8 or so scalar arithmetic …

Mar 15, 2012 · For example, in languages like C and C++, you have a number of built-in scalar types - int, float, double, char, etc. These are "primitive" in the sense that they cannot be …

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