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Use ArcArray in ndarray backend #179

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Problem

catgrad's interpreter::backend::Backend generally assumes that ops take ownership of tensors.
This means they can deallocate them, or even re-use input tensors to write outputs, avoiding allocating additional memory.

However, parameters cannot have ownership transferred without (inefficiently) cloning the whole tensor.

Task

Change Backend::NdArray type for ndarray backend to use ArcArrayD instead (so we can cheaply clone parameter tensors).

Outcome

  • Patched ndarray backend using ArcArrayD for its NdArray type
  • Criterion Benchmark showing improvement over baseline (current) implementation

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