finite_difference_calls.jl

"""
    _make_jvp_call(fdm, f, y, xs, ẋs, ignores)

Call `FiniteDifferences.jvp`, with the option to ignore certain `xs`.

# Arguments
- `fdm::FiniteDifferenceMethod`: How to numerically differentiate `f`.
- `f`: The function to differentiate.
- `y`: The primal output `y=f(xs...)` or at least something of the right type
- `xs`: Inputs to `f`, such that `y = f(xs...)`.
- `ẋs`: The directional derivatives of `xs` w.r.t. some real number `t`.
- `ignores`: Collection of `Bool`s, the same length as `xs` and `ẋs`.
   If `ignores[i] === true`, then `ẋs[i]` is ignored for derivative estimation.

# Returns
- `Ω̇`: Derivative of output w.r.t. `t` estimated by finite differencing.
"""
function _make_jvp_call(fdm, f, y, xs, ẋs, ignores)
    f2 = _wrap_function(f, xs, ignores)

    ignores = collect(ignores)
    all(ignores) && return ntuple(_ -> NoTangent(), length(xs))
    sigargs = zip(xs[.!ignores], ẋs[.!ignores])
    return ProjectTo(y)(jvp(fdm, f2, sigargs...))
end

"""
    _make_j′vp_call(fdm, f, ȳ, xs, ignores) -> Tuple

Call `FiniteDifferences.j′vp`, with the option to ignore certain `xs`.

# Arguments
- `fdm::FiniteDifferenceMethod`: How to numerically differentiate `f`.
- `f`: The function to differentiate.
- `ȳ`: The adjoint w.r.t. output of `f`.
- `xs`: Inputs to `f`, such that `y = f(xs...)`.
- `ignores`: Collection of `Bool`s, the same length as `xs`.
  If `ignores[i] === true`, then `xs[i]` is ignored; `∂xs[i] === NoTangent()`.

# Returns
- `∂xs::Tuple`: Derivatives estimated by finite differencing.
"""
function _make_j′vp_call(fdm, f, ȳ, xs, ignores)
    f2 = _wrap_function(f, xs, ignores)

    ignores = collect(ignores)
    args = Any[NoTangent() for _ in 1:length(xs)]
    all(ignores) && return (args...,)
    sigargs = xs[.!ignores]
    arginds = (1:length(xs))[.!ignores]
    fd = j′vp(fdm, f2, ȳ, sigargs...)
    @assert length(fd) == length(arginds)

    for (dx, ind) in zip(fd, arginds)
        args[ind] = ProjectTo(xs[ind])(dx)
    end
    return (args...,)
end

"""
    _wrap_function(f, xs, ignores)

Return a new version of `f`, `fnew`, that ignores some of the arguments `xs`.

# Arguments
- `f`: The function to be wrapped.
- `xs`: Inputs to `f`, such that `y = f(xs...)`.
- `ignores`: Collection of `Bool`s, the same length as `xs`.
  If `ignores[i] === true`, then `xs[i]` is ignored; `∂xs[i] === NoTangent()`.
"""
function _wrap_function(f, xs, ignores)
    function fnew(sigargs...)
        callargs = Any[]
        j = 1

        for (i, (x, ignore)) in enumerate(zip(xs, ignores))
            if ignore
                push!(callargs, x)
            else
                push!(callargs, sigargs[j])
                j += 1
            end
        end
        @assert j == length(sigargs) + 1
        @assert length(callargs) == length(xs)
        return f(callargs...)
    end
    return fnew
end