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This is a potential implementation of a pick command.

This is a test run of Claude Fable 5, which was released today.

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Closes #275.

This adds a pick command to algorithm::reduce, which selects an arbitrary subset of bins by index from an axis which is not ordered, like the category axis. Unlike slice, the bins do not have to be adjacent, and the new axis keeps them in the order given.

auto h = make_histogram(axis::category<std::string>({"red", "green", "blue"}));
// ...
auto h2 = algorithm::reduce(h, pick({2, 0})); // axis is now {"blue", "red"}

Summary:

  • Counts in bins that were not picked go to the overflow bin, if present; otherwise they are dropped.
  • Axes opt in with a special constructor A(const A&, axis::pick_tag, const std::vector<index_type>&), detected by the new axis::traits::is_pickable trait. The pick_tag disambiguates the constructor from the generic (iterable, metadata) axis constructors, which could otherwise match by accident and break compilation of reduce for unrelated axes. Only category opts in.
  • pick cannot be combined with another reduce command on the same axis; indices must be unique and in range.

henryiii added 3 commits June 9, 2026 16:59
Add a pick command to algorithm::reduce, which selects an arbitrary
subset of bins by index from an axis which is not ordered, like the
category axis. Unlike slice, the picked bins do not have to be
adjacent, and they may be given in any order, which reorders the bins
in the new axis. Counts in bins which are not picked are added to the
overflow bin, if it is present, consistent with how slice treats
unordered axes; otherwise they are discarded.

Axes opt into picking with a new special constructor which accepts the
original axis and a vector of bin indices to keep. The new trait
axis::traits::is_pickable detects this constructor, mirroring
is_reducible. axis::category implements it; ordered axes throw
invalid_argument, since picking a non-adjacent subset from them would
require changing the axis type, which reduce does not support yet.

Fixes boostorg#275

Assisted-by: ClaudeCode:claude-fable-5
Windows CI failed two ways:
- C1128 (too many sections) when compiling algorithm_reduce_test.cpp;
  add /bigobj for the test under CMake, matching the b2 build which
  already sets it globally and the existing fill/operators tests.
- C4702 (unreachable code, treated as error) for the non-pickable
  static_if branch in reduce(). Unlike is_reducible (true for all
  standard axes), is_pickable is false for most axes, so that branch is
  codegen'd and MSVC flags the value after the noreturn throw. Guard the
  function with a 4702 pragma, mirroring detail/fill.hpp.

Assisted-by: ClaudeCode:claude-opus-4.8
The is_pickable trait matched any axis whose generic (iterable, metadata)
constructor accepts a vector of indices, e.g. variable<double,
std::vector<int>>, which broke compilation of reduce() with any command
on such axes. The pick constructor now takes an axis::pick_tag so only
axes that opt in match the trait.

Also mirror the MSVC /bigobj flag in test/Jamfile, simplify the pick
branch of the fill loop, hoist index validation out of the static_if,
and copy metadata via metadata_base(src) like the shrink constructors.

Assisted-by: ClaudeCode:claude-fable-5
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