[Haskell-cafe] "sum" in hmatrix and blas?

[Xiao-Yong Jin]

Hi, probably I am just being dumb, but what is the most
efficient way to do a sum of every elements in a Vector of
either hmatrix or blas?  I know there is sum of absolute
values from BLAS.  So what about I want a plain "sum"?

I can only think of the following two ways.


1. Using Data.List.foldl', so it is

> sum' = foldl' (+) 0 . toList

in hmatrix or

> sum' = foldl' (+) 0 . elems

in blas.

2. Using <.>, so it is

> sum' v = constant 1 (dim v) <.> v

in hmatrix or

> sum' v = constant (dim v) 1 <.> v

in blas.


Which one is better?  I guess it probably depends on the
internal implementation of BLAS, but I am actually thinking
in some thing similar to

> t += *v++;

Any delightful idea to convert my mind from a C shaped one
to a Haskell shaped one?

Best,
Xiao-Yong
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