[FR] Bool data type?
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Description
Would it be tricky/breaking to add support for a bool/boolean data type? All of the conditional/comparison operators require a boolean value, so users currently have to re-evaluate the condition at each call or rely on the implicit conversion from an int type.
It could make for cleaner syntax to be able to do something like:
data {
real y_mean;
bool use_log;
}
parameters {
real y;
}
model {
if (use_log) {
y ~ lognormal(y_mean, 1);
} else {
y ~ normal(y_mean, 1);
}
}
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Start by reviewing how conditional and comparison operators, implicit int conversion, and declarations are represented in the Stan transpiler. Define the required syntax and type-checking behavior, then verify that the example compiles and behaves correctly with regression coverage.
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- Tech stack
- ocaml
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
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- Over a week
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- Stale
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- 25/100