I still don't understand, because RAVectorValues copy method is "return this." When is it important to have a true separate copy?
On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 3:04 AM Michael Sokolov <msoko...@gmail.com> wrote: > These vector values have internal buffers they use to return the vectors. > In order to compare two vectors we need to use two independent sources so > that one doesn't overwrite this internal state when fetching the second > vector. > > Sorry I forgot the second question and can't see it on my phone. Brb > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 10:55 PM Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> HI all, a couple questions on how HNSW works: >> >> 1. What is driving the requirement for two copies of the input vectors? >> It looks like the RAVV implementations do shallow copies, so the vector >> from A is the same that would be returned by B. What am I missing? >> >> 2. What is the intended behavior when adding identical vectors to a >> HNSW? It looks like when I supply 10 identical vectors, they all get added >> to the graph, but when I search for the nearest neighbors, I only get one >> of them in the result set. >> >> -- >> Jonathan Ellis >> co-founder, http://www.datastax.com >> @spyced >> > -- Jonathan Ellis co-founder, http://www.datastax.com @spyced
