From dfa63384d4e0d57cfee735358320ded829d9fc20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Hauru <mhauru@turing.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:13:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allowing pushing new symbols to TypedVarInfo

---
 src/varinfo.jl  | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
 test/varinfo.jl | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/varinfo.jl b/src/varinfo.jl
index dd4e3cab2..6e3cd5714 100644
--- a/src/varinfo.jl
+++ b/src/varinfo.jl
@@ -1624,13 +1624,30 @@ function BangBang.push!!(
     vi::VarInfo, vn::VarName, r, dist::Distribution, gidset::Set{Selector}
 )
     if vi isa UntypedVarInfo
-        @assert ~(vn in keys(vi)) "[push!!] attempt to add an exisitng variable $(getsym(vn)) ($(vn)) to VarInfo (keys=$(keys(vi))) with dist=$dist, gid=$gidset"
+        @assert ~(vn in keys(vi)) "[push!!] attempt to add an existing variable $(getsym(vn)) ($(vn)) to VarInfo (keys=$(keys(vi))) with dist=$dist, gid=$gidset"
     elseif vi isa TypedVarInfo
-        @assert ~(haskey(vi, vn)) "[push!!] attempt to add an exisitng variable $(getsym(vn)) ($(vn)) to TypedVarInfo of syms $(syms(vi)) with dist=$dist, gid=$gidset"
+        @assert ~(haskey(vi, vn)) "[push!!] attempt to add an existing variable $(getsym(vn)) ($(vn)) to TypedVarInfo of syms $(syms(vi)) with dist=$dist, gid=$gidset"
     end
 
-    meta = getmetadata(vi, vn)
-    push!(meta, vn, r, dist, gidset, get_num_produce(vi))
+    sym = getsym(vn)
+    if vi isa TypedVarInfo && ~haskey(vi.metadata, sym)
+        # The NamedTuple doesn't have an entry for this variable, let's add one.
+        val = tovec(r)
+        md = Metadata(
+            Dict(vn => 1),
+            [vn],
+            [1:length(val)],
+            val,
+            [dist],
+            [gidset],
+            [get_num_produce(vi)],
+            Dict{String,BitVector}("trans" => [false], "del" => [false]),
+        )
+        vi = Accessors.@set vi.metadata[sym] = md
+    else
+        meta = getmetadata(vi, vn)
+        push!(meta, vn, r, dist, gidset, get_num_produce(vi))
+    end
 
     return vi
 end
@@ -1648,7 +1665,6 @@ function Base.push!(meta::Metadata, vn, r, dist, gidset, num_produce)
     push!(meta.orders, num_produce)
     push!(meta.flags["del"], false)
     push!(meta.flags["trans"], false)
-
     return meta
 end
 
diff --git a/test/varinfo.jl b/test/varinfo.jl
index e0692f275..e56fa55e4 100644
--- a/test/varinfo.jl
+++ b/test/varinfo.jl
@@ -145,6 +145,18 @@ DynamicPPL.getspace(::DynamicPPL.Sampler{MySAlg}) = (:s,)
         test_varinfo!(vi)
         test_varinfo!(empty!!(TypedVarInfo(vi)))
     end
+
+    @testset "push!! to TypedVarInfo" begin
+        vn_x = @varname x
+        vn_y = @varname y
+        untyped_vi = VarInfo()
+        untyped_vi = push!!(untyped_vi, vn_x, 1.0, Normal(0, 1), Selector())
+        typed_vi = TypedVarInfo(untyped_vi)
+        typed_vi = push!!(typed_vi, vn_y, 2.0, Normal(0, 1), Selector())
+        @test typed_vi[vn_x] == 1.0
+        @test typed_vi[vn_y] == 2.0
+    end
+
     @testset "setgid!" begin
         vi = VarInfo()
         meta = vi.metadata