annotate type for old_model field of Machine type

oops

src/machines.jl

@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ caches_data_by_default(m) = caches_data_by_default(typeof(m))
 caches_data_by_default(::Type) = true
 caches_data_by_default(::Type{<:Symbol}) = false
 
-mutable struct Machine{M,C} <: MLJType
+mutable struct Machine{M,OM,C} <: MLJType
 
     model::M
-    old_model  # for remembering the model used in last call to `fit!`
+    old_model::OM  # for remembering the model used in last call to `fit!`
     fitresult
     cache
 
@@ -77,8 +77,11 @@ mutable struct Machine{M,C} <: MLJType
     function Machine(
         model::M, args::AbstractNode...;
         cache=caches_data_by_default(model),
-    ) where M
-        mach = new{M,cache}(model)
+        ) where M
+        # In the case of symbolic model, machine cannot know the type of model to be fit
+        # at time of construction:
+        OM = M == Symbol ? Any : M
+        mach = new{M,OM,cache}(model)
         mach.frozen = false
         mach.state = 0
         mach.args = args
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ any upstream dependencies in a learning network):
 replace(mach, :args => (), :data => (), :data_resampled_data => (), :cache => nothing)
 
 """
-function Base.replace(mach::Machine{<:Any,C}, field_value_pairs::Pair...) where C
+function Base.replace(mach::Machine{<:Any,<:Any,C}, field_value_pairs::Pair...) where C
     # determined new `model` and `args` and build replacement dictionary:
     newfield_given_old = Dict(field_value_pairs) # to be extended
     fields_to_be_replaced = keys(newfield_given_old)
@@ -436,8 +439,8 @@ machines(::Source) = Machine[]
 
 ## DISPLAY
 
-_cache_status(::Machine{<:Any,true}) = "caches model-specific representations of data"
-_cache_status(::Machine{<:Any,false}) = "does not cache data"
+_cache_status(::Machine{<:Any,<:Any,true}) = "caches model-specific representations of data"
+_cache_status(::Machine{<:Any,<:Any,false}) = "does not cache data"
 
 function Base.show(io::IO, mach::Machine)
     model = mach.model
@@ -502,8 +505,8 @@ end
 # for getting model specific representation of the row-restricted
 # training data from a machine, according to the value of the machine
 # type parameter `C` (`true` or `false`):
-_resampled_data(mach::Machine{<:Any,true}, model, rows) = mach.resampled_data
-function _resampled_data(mach::Machine{<:Any,false}, model, rows)
+_resampled_data(mach::Machine{<:Any,<:Any,true}, model, rows) = mach.resampled_data
+function _resampled_data(mach::Machine{<:Any,<:Any,false}, model, rows)
     raw_args = map(N -> N(), mach.args)
     data = MMI.reformat(model, raw_args...)
     return selectrows(model, rows, data...)
@@ -518,6 +521,10 @@ err_no_real_model(mach) = ErrorException(
     """
 )
 
+err_missing_model(model) = ErrorException(
+    "Specified `composite` model does not have `:$(model)` as a field."
+)
+
 """
    last_model(mach::Machine)
 
@@ -605,7 +612,7 @@ more on these lower-level training methods.
 
 """
 function fit_only!(
-    mach::Machine{<:Any,cache_data};
+    mach::Machine{<:Any,<:Any,cache_data};
     rows=nothing,
     verbosity=1,
     force=false,
@@ -628,7 +635,8 @@ function fit_only!(
     # `getproperty(composite, mach.model)`:
     model = if mach.model isa Symbol
         isnothing(composite) && throw(err_no_real_model(mach))
-        mach.model in propertynames(composite)
+        mach.model in propertynames(composite) ||
+            throw(err_missing_model(model))
         getproperty(composite, mach.model)
     else
         mach.model
@@ -967,7 +975,7 @@ A machine returned by `serializable` is characterized by the property
 See also [`restore!`](@ref), [`MLJBase.save`](@ref).
 
 """
-function serializable(mach::Machine{<:Any, C}, model=mach.model; verbosity=1) where C
+function serializable(mach::Machine{<:Any,<:Any,C}, model=mach.model; verbosity=1) where C
 
     isdefined(mach, :fitresult) || throw(ERR_SERIALIZING_UNTRAINED)
     mach.state == -1 && return mach

src/operations.jl

@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ for operation in OPERATIONS
     operation == :inverse_transform && continue
 
     ex = quote
-        function $(operation)(mach::Machine{<:Model,false}; rows=:)
+        function $(operation)(mach::Machine{<:Model,<:Any,false}; rows=:)
             # catch deserialized machine with no data:
             isempty(mach.args) && throw(err_serialized($operation))
             return ($operation)(mach, mach.args[1](rows=rows))
         end
-        function $(operation)(mach::Machine{<:Model,true}; rows=:)
+        function $(operation)(mach::Machine{<:Model,<:Any,true}; rows=:)
             # catch deserialized machine with no data:
             isempty(mach.args) && throw(err_serialized($operation))
             model = last_model(mach)
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ for operation in OPERATIONS
         end
 
         # special case of Static models (no training arguments):
-        $operation(mach::Machine{<:Static,true}; rows=:) = throw(ERR_ROWS_NOT_ALLOWED)
-        $operation(mach::Machine{<:Static,false}; rows=:) = throw(ERR_ROWS_NOT_ALLOWED)
+        $operation(mach::Machine{<:Static,<:Any,true}; rows=:) =
+            throw(ERR_ROWS_NOT_ALLOWED)
+        $operation(mach::Machine{<:Static,<:Any,false}; rows=:) =
+            throw(ERR_ROWS_NOT_ALLOWED)
     end
     eval(ex)
 

src/resampling.jl

@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ end
 @static if VERSION >= v"1.3.0-DEV.573"
 
 # determines if an instantiated machine caches data:
-_caches_data(::Machine{M, C}) where {M, C} = C
+_caches_data(::Machine{<:Any,<:Any,C}) where C = C
 
 function _evaluate!(func, mach, accel::CPUThreads, nfolds, verbosity)
 

test/machines.jl

@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ end
     X = ones(2, 3)
 
     mach = @test_logs machine(Scale(2))
-    @test mach isa Machine{Scale, false}
     transform(mach, X) # triggers training of `mach`, ie is mutating
     @test report(mach) in [nothing, NamedTuple()]
     @test isnothing(fitted_params(mach))