Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into breaking

Author: mhauru

.github/workflows/PRAssign.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Automatically assign PR authors
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  assign-author:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: TuringLang/actions/PRAssign@main

HISTORY.md

@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ The reason for this change is that there were several flavours of VarInfo.
 Some, like `typed_varinfo`, were easy to construct because we had convenience methods for them; however, the others were more difficult.
 This change makes it easier to access different VarInfo types, and also makes it more explicit which one you are constructing.
 
+## 0.35.6
+
+Fixed the implementation of `.~`, such that running a model with it no longer requires DynamicPPL itself to be loaded.
+
 ## 0.35.5
 
 Several internal methods have been removed:

src/compiler.jl

@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ Generate the expression that replaces `left .~ right` in the model body.
 function generate_dot_tilde(left, right)
     @gensym dist left_axes idx
     return quote
-        $dist = DynamicPPL.check_dot_tilde_rhs($right)
+        $dist = $(DynamicPPL.check_dot_tilde_rhs)($right)
         $left_axes = axes($left)
         for $idx in Iterators.product($left_axes...)
             $left[$idx...] ~ $dist