/// <summary>
/// Set the variable array to the given value. Should only be invoked on arrays created using Variable.Array()
/// where the elements have not yet been filled in.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="that">A variable array whose definition will be consumed by <c>this</c> and no longer available for use</param>
/// <remarks>
/// <paramref name="that"/> must have exactly the same set of ranges as <c>this</c>.
/// </remarks>
public void SetTo(VariableArray <TItem, TArray> that)
{
base.SetTo(that);
}
/// <summary>
/// Copy constructor.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="that"></param>
protected VariableArray(VariableArray <TItem, TArray> that)
: base(that)
{
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a 1D jagged array of shared random variables.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="DistributionArrayType"></typeparam>
/// <param name="itemPrototype">A fresh variable object representing an array element.</param>
/// <param name="range">Outer range.</param>
/// <param name="prior">Prior for the array.</param>
/// <param name="divideMessages">Use division (the faster default) for calculating messages to batches</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static ISharedVariableArray <VariableArray <DomainType>, DomainType[][]> Random <DistributionArrayType>(VariableArray <DomainType> itemPrototype, Range range,
DistributionArrayType prior, bool divideMessages = true)
where DistributionArrayType : IDistribution <DomainType[][]>, Sampleable <DomainType[][]>, SettableToProduct <DistributionArrayType>,
ICloneable, SettableToUniform, SettableTo <DistributionArrayType>, SettableToRatio <DistributionArrayType>, CanGetLogAverageOf <DistributionArrayType>
{
return(new SharedVariableArray <VariableArray <DomainType>, DomainType[][], DistributionArrayType>(itemPrototype, range, prior, divideMessages));
}