JuliaDiff / JuliaDiff/ChainRules.jl

Rule for `typed_vcat`?

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help wanted missing rule
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Julia
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Description

Mainly because the vcat literal syntax lowers to this:

julia> Meta.@lower Int[1; 2; 3]
:($(Expr(:thunk, CodeInfo(
    @ none within `top-level scope`
1 ─ %1 = Base.typed_vcat(Int, 1, 2, 3)
└──      return %1
))))

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Research direction

The issue identifies Julia's lowered Base.typed_vcat entry point but names no repository files or tests. Start by locating rules for related concatenation operations and their tests; done means the appropriate rule exists for typed_vcat and its behavior is covered by tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
julia
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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