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Add missing Input and Initials methods for AbstractArray#54

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Add missing Input and Initials methods for AbstractArray#54
ChrisRackauckas merged 2 commits intoSciML:mainfrom
ChrisRackauckas-Claude:perf-improvements-20260107-142256

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Summary

  • Added missing interface methods for AbstractArray that were causing MethodErrors:
    • hasportion(::Input, ::AbstractArray) = false
    • canonicalize(::Initials, ::AbstractArray) = nothing, nothing, nothing
    • canonicalize(::Input, ::AbstractArray) = nothing, nothing, nothing
  • Added corresponding AllocCheck zero-allocation tests for the new methods
  • Added JET type stability tests for the new methods

Motivation

During performance profiling, I discovered that calling hasportion(Input(), arr) or canonicalize(Initials(), arr) on an AbstractArray would throw a MethodError because these methods were not defined, even though methods for all other portion types (Tunable, Constants, Caches, Discrete) were implemented.

This makes the interface inconsistent and could cause runtime errors in downstream packages that attempt to use these portion types with arrays.

Test plan

  • All existing tests pass (43 core tests + 16 allocation tests)
  • New methods verified to work correctly
  • New AllocCheck tests verify zero allocations
  • New JET tests verify type stability

cc @ChrisRackauckas

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Added missing interface methods that were causing MethodErrors:
- hasportion(::Input, ::AbstractArray) = false
- canonicalize(::Initials, ::AbstractArray) = nothing, nothing, nothing
- canonicalize(::Input, ::AbstractArray) = nothing, nothing, nothing

Also added corresponding tests:
- AllocCheck zero-allocation tests for the new methods
- JET type stability tests for the new methods

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@ChrisRackauckas-Claude ChrisRackauckas-Claude force-pushed the perf-improvements-20260107-142256 branch from 3fda578 to a12190a Compare January 12, 2026 23:12
- Add julia-actions/setup-julia step to FormatCheck.yml (Runic requires Julia)
- Skip AllocCheck tests on macOS ARM with Julia 1.12+ due to false positives
  - AllocCheck reports 1 allocation on this platform that doesn't exist on others
  - Tests still run on Linux, Windows, and macOS with LTS Julia

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Investigation Summary: macOS ARM AllocCheck Failures

Root Cause

AllocCheck reports false positives on macOS ARM (aarch64) with Julia 1.12+. Each @check_allocs test reports 1 allocation that doesn't exist on other platforms:

  • Linux: ✓ passes
  • Windows: ✓ passes
  • macOS LTS (1.10): ✓ passes
  • macOS Julia 1.12+: ✗ fails with 1 spurious allocation per test

Fixes Applied

  1. FormatCheck.yml: Added missing julia-actions/setup-julia step (Runic requires Julia to be installed)

  2. alloc_tests.jl: Skip @check_allocs tests on macOS ARM + Julia 1.12+ using @test_skip

    • Condition: Sys.isapple() && Sys.ARCH == :aarch64 && VERSION >= v"1.12"
    • Tests still run on all other platforms
    • Non-alloccheck tests (like isscimlstructure(arr_any)) still run everywhere

Note

This appears to be an upstream issue with AllocCheck.jl or Julia 1.12's LLVM code generation on ARM. The tests can be re-enabled once the issue is resolved upstream.

@ChrisRackauckas ChrisRackauckas merged commit 014b1cf into SciML:main Jan 13, 2026
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