Add support for optional positional arguments in the dynamic DSL. #195
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Currently, the built-in modeling languages and the GFI have no support for optional trailing arguments, nor for keyword arguments. This pull request provides support for optional trailing arguments for the dynamic modeling language (but not the static modeling language), enabling the following:
foo
can now be called with optional arguments omitted:Traces produced by
generate
,simulate
,update
, etc., have default arguments filled in as expected:Combinators also work as expected:
We can even do optional arguments with
GenerativeFunction
s as default values!Test cases are provided in
test/optional_args.jl
, and the docs have been updated accordingly to characterize behavior when optional arguments are omitted.