Display function fails with "LoadError: MethodError: no method matching nameof(::Bool)" #1281

orebas · 2024-09-19T22:24:14Z

To replicate this error, it is necessary to add some debug statements to the expand_derivatives function. In the below MWE, that function is modified from version 6.12.0 only by adding debug printing. It's about line 78 of the MWE, after the comment "#DEBUG PRINTING".

I was trying to debug #1262 and one of the intermediate variables fails to print. It has type "SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}". There might be two things going on

This variable "occurrences" is in some corrupt state that doesn't stand a chance of being displayed
It should be display()-able but there is a bug somewhere in the display code, perhaps in show_call or show_term

Here is the error output first; it includes a full dump() of the offending variable. I can't read it but hopefully someone can!

julia> include("mwe-modules.jl")
┌ Info: before loop
│   O = Differential(t)(b(t) - (Differential(t)(b(t))^2)*Differential(t)(Differential(t)(b(t))))
└   line 79 = "line 79"
SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}
SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}
  metadata: Nothing nothing
  ###simplified###2: Bool false
  ###Any###3: Bool true
  ###Any###4: Array{Any}((2,))
    1: SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}
      metadata: Nothing nothing
      ###simplified###2: Bool false
      ###Any###3: Bool true
      ###Any###4: Array{Any}((1,))
        1: Bool true
      ###Any###5: Base.RefValue{UInt64}
        x: UInt64 0x0000000000000000
      ###Any###6: Array{Any}((0,))
      ###Any###7: Base.RefValue{Bool}
        x: Bool false
      ###tag###8: SymbolicUtils.var"###BasicSymbolic###1" SymbolicUtils.₋₃₋₁₂₉BasicSymbolic₋__Term₋₃₋₁₉₉₂₋₋
    2: SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}
      metadata: Nothing nothing
      ###simplified###2: Bool false
      ###Any###3: Bool true
      ###Any###4: Array{Any}((3,))
        1: Bool false
        2: SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}
          metadata: Nothing nothing
          ###simplified###2: Bool false
          ###Any###3: Bool true
          ###Any###4: Array{Any}((1,))
            1: SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}
              metadata: Nothing nothing
              ###simplified###2: Bool false
              ###Any###3: Bool true
              ###Any###4: Array{Any}((1,))
                1: SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}
              ###Any###5: Base.RefValue{UInt64}
                x: UInt64 0x0000000000000000
              ###Any###6: Array{Any}((0,))
              ###Any###7: Base.RefValue{Bool}
                x: Bool false
              ###tag###8: SymbolicUtils.var"###BasicSymbolic###1" SymbolicUtils.₋₃₋₁₂₉BasicSymbolic₋__Term₋₃₋₁₉₉₂₋₋
          ###Any###5: Base.RefValue{UInt64}
            x: UInt64 0x0000000000000000
          ###Any###6: Array{Any}((0,))
          ###Any###7: Base.RefValue{Bool}
            x: Bool false
          ###tag###8: SymbolicUtils.var"###BasicSymbolic###1" SymbolicUtils.₋₃₋₁₂₉BasicSymbolic₋__Term₋₃₋₁₉₉₂₋₋
        3: SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}
          metadata: Nothing nothing
          ###simplified###2: Bool false
          ###Any###3: Bool true
          ###Any###4: Array{Any}((2,))
            1: SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}
              metadata: Nothing nothing
              ###simplified###2: Bool false
              ###Any###3: Bool true
              ###Any###4: Array{Any}((1,))
                1: SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}
              ###Any###5: Base.RefValue{UInt64}
                x: UInt64 0x0000000000000000
              ###Any###6: Array{Any}((0,))
              ###Any###7: Base.RefValue{Bool}
                x: Bool false
              ###tag###8: SymbolicUtils.var"###BasicSymbolic###1" SymbolicUtils.₋₃₋₁₂₉BasicSymbolic₋__Term₋₃₋₁₉₉₂₋₋
            2: Bool false
          ###Any###5: Base.RefValue{UInt64}
            x: UInt64 0x0000000000000000
          ###Any###6: Array{Any}((0,))
          ###Any###7: Base.RefValue{Bool}
            x: Bool false
          ###tag###8: SymbolicUtils.var"###BasicSymbolic###1" SymbolicUtils.₋₃₋₁₂₉BasicSymbolic₋__Term₋₃₋₁₉₉₂₋₋
      ###Any###5: Base.RefValue{UInt64}
        x: UInt64 0x0000000000000000
      ###Any###6: Array{Any}((0,))
      ###Any###7: Base.RefValue{Bool}
        x: Bool false
      ###tag###8: SymbolicUtils.var"###BasicSymbolic###1" SymbolicUtils.₋₃₋₁₂₉BasicSymbolic₋__Term₋₃₋₁₉₉₂₋₋
  ###Any###5: Base.RefValue{UInt64}
    x: UInt64 0x0000000000000000
  ###Any###6: Array{Any}((0,))
  ###Any###7: Base.RefValue{Bool}
    x: Bool false
  ###tag###8: SymbolicUtils.var"###BasicSymbolic###1" SymbolicUtils.₋₃₋₁₂₉BasicSymbolic₋__Term₋₃₋₁₉₉₂₋₋
ERROR: LoadError: MethodError: no method matching nameof(::Bool)
The function `nameof` exists, but no method is defined for this combination of argument types.

Closest candidates are:
  nameof(::JuliaInterpreter.Frame)
   @ JuliaInterpreter ~/.julia/packages/JuliaInterpreter/cxlKp/src/utils.jl:17
  nameof(::Core.IntrinsicFunction)
   @ Base reflection.jl:2273
  nameof(::Differential)
   @ Symbolics ~/.julia/packages/Symbolics/XnDVB/src/diff.jl:58
  ...

Stacktrace:
  [1] show_call(io::IOContext{Base.TTY}, f::Bool, args::Vector{Any})
    @ SymbolicUtils ~/.julia/packages/SymbolicUtils/ij6YM/src/types.jl:820
  [2] show_term(io::IOContext{Base.TTY}, t::SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real})
    @ SymbolicUtils ~/.julia/packages/SymbolicUtils/ij6YM/src/types.jl:865
  [3] show
    @ ~/.julia/packages/SymbolicUtils/ij6YM/src/types.jl:878 [inlined]
  [4] show(io::IOContext{Base.TTY}, ::MIME{Symbol("text/plain")}, x::SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real})
    @ Base.Multimedia ./multimedia.jl:47
  [5] (::REPL.var"#68#69"{REPL.REPLDisplay{REPL.LineEditREPL}, MIME{Symbol("text/plain")}, Base.RefValue{Any}})(io::Any)
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.0-rc3+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:348
  [6] with_repl_linfo(f::Any, repl::REPL.LineEditREPL)
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.0-rc3+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:646
  [7] display(d::REPL.REPLDisplay, mime::MIME{Symbol("text/plain")}, x::Any)
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.0-rc3+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:334
  [8] display
    @ ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.0-rc3+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:353 [inlined]
  [9] display(x::Any)
    @ Base.Multimedia ./multimedia.jl:340
 [10] expand_derivatives(O::SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}, simplify::Bool; occurrences::Nothing)
    @ Symbolics ~/MWE-ex/mwe-modules.jl:82
 [11] expand_derivatives(n::Num, simplify::Bool; occurrences::Nothing)
    @ Symbolics ~/.julia/packages/Symbolics/XnDVB/src/diff.jl:299
 [12] expand_derivatives
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Symbolics/XnDVB/src/diff.jl:298 [inlined]
 [13] expand_derivatives(n::Num)
    @ Symbolics ~/.julia/packages/Symbolics/XnDVB/src/diff.jl:298
 [14] main()
    @ Main ~/MWE-ex/mwe-modules.jl:138
 [15] top-level scope
    @ ~/MWE-ex/mwe-modules.jl:141
 [16] include(fname::String)
    @ Main ./sysimg.jl:38
 [17] top-level scope
    @ REPL[3]:1
in expression starting at /home/orebas/MWE-ex/mwe-modules.jl:141

MWE:

using Symbolics

@eval Symbolics begin
function expand_derivatives(O::Symbolics.Symbolic, simplify = false; occurrences = nothing)
    if iscall(O) && isa(operation(O), Differential)
        arg = only(arguments(O))
        arg = expand_derivatives(arg, false)

        if occurrences == nothing
            occurrences = occursin_info(operation(O).x, arg)
        end

        _isfalse(occurrences) && return 0
        occurrences isa Bool && return 1 # means it's a `true`

        D = operation(O)

        if !iscall(arg)
            return D(arg) # Cannot expand
        elseif (op = operation(arg); issym(op))
            inner_args = arguments(arg)
            if any(isequal(D.x), inner_args)
                return D(arg) # base case if any argument is directly equal to the i.v.
            else
                return sum(inner_args, init = 0) do a
                    return expand_derivatives(Differential(a)(arg)) *
                           expand_derivatives(D(a))
                end
            end
        elseif op === (IfElse.ifelse)
            args = arguments(arg)
            O = op(args[1], D(args[2]), D(args[3]))
            return expand_derivatives(O, simplify; occurrences)
        elseif isa(op, Differential)
            # The recursive expand_derivatives was not able to remove
            # a nested Differential. We can attempt to differentiate the
            # inner expression wrt to the outer iv. And leave the
            # unexpandable Differential outside.
            if isequal(op.x, D.x)
                return D(arg)
            else
                inner = expand_derivatives(D(arguments(arg)[1]), false)
                # if the inner expression is not expandable either, return
                if iscall(inner) && operation(inner) isa Differential
                    return D(arg)
                else
                    return expand_derivatives(op(inner), simplify)
                end
            end
        elseif isa(op, Integral)
            if isa(op.domain.domain, AbstractInterval)
                domain = op.domain.domain
                a, b = DomainSets.endpoints(domain)
                c = 0
                inner_function = expand_derivatives(arguments(arg)[1])
                if iscall(value(a))
                    t1 = SymbolicUtils.substitute(
                        inner_function, Dict(op.domain.variables => value(a)))
                    t2 = D(a)
                    c -= t1 * t2
                end
                if iscall(value(b))
                    t1 = SymbolicUtils.substitute(
                        inner_function, Dict(op.domain.variables => value(b)))
                    t2 = D(b)
                    c += t1 * t2
                end
                inner = expand_derivatives(D(arguments(arg)[1]))
                c += op(inner)
                return value(c)
            end
        end

        inner_args = arguments(arg)
        l = length(inner_args)
        exprs = []
        c = 0
         #DEBUG PRINTING

        @info "before loop" O "line 79"
        println(typeof(occurrences))
        dump(occurrences)
        display(occurrences)

        for i in 1:l
            t2 = expand_derivatives(D(inner_args[i]),false, occurrences=arguments(occurrences)[i])

            x = if _iszero(t2)
                t2
            elseif _isone(t2)
                d = derivative_idx(arg, i)
                d isa NoDeriv ? D(arg) : d
            else
                t1 = derivative_idx(arg, i)
                t1 = t1 isa NoDeriv ? D(arg) : t1
                t1 * t2
            end

            if _iszero(x)
                continue
            elseif x isa Symbolic
                push!(exprs, x)
            else
                c += x
            end
        end

        if isempty(exprs)
            return c
        elseif length(exprs) == 1
            term = (simplify ? SymbolicUtils.simplify(exprs[1]) : exprs[1])
            return _iszero(c) ? term : c + term
        else
            x = +((!_iszero(c) ? vcat(c, exprs) : exprs)...)
            return simplify ? SymbolicUtils.simplify(x) : x
        end
    elseif iscall(O) && isa(operation(O), Integral)
        return operation(O)(expand_derivatives(arguments(O)[1]))
    elseif !hasderiv(O)
        return O
    else
        args = map(a -> expand_derivatives(a, false), arguments(O))
        O1 = operation(O)(args...)
        return simplify ? SymbolicUtils.simplify(O1) : O1
    end
end
end


function main()
	@variables t  b(t)
	D = Differential(t)
	expr = b - 	D(b) * D(b) * D(D(b))
	expr2 = D(expr)
	#display(expr)
	#display(expand_derivatives(expr))
	
	#display(expr2)
	expand_derivatives(expr2)

end
main()

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karlwessel · 2025-04-01T18:06:27Z

This error is thrown when trying to display the result of occursin_info which for some reason represented the occurrence-tree as a Term{Real}. Here is a MWE to reproduce this error:

julia> Symbolics.Term{Real}(true,(true,false))
Error showing value of type SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real}:
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching nameof(::Bool)
The function `nameof` exists, but no method is defined for this combination of argument types.

Closest candidates are:
  nameof(::Core.IntrinsicFunction)
   @ Base reflection.jl:2273
  nameof(::Num)
   @ Symbolics ~/.julia/packages/Symbolics/VgGJx/src/num.jl:97
  nameof(::Differential)
   @ Symbolics ~/.julia/packages/Symbolics/VgGJx/src/diff.jl:58
  ...

Stacktrace:
  [1] show_call(io::IOContext{Base.TTY}, f::Bool, args::Vector{Any})
    @ SymbolicUtils ~/.julia/packages/SymbolicUtils/qsTQJ/src/types.jl:1078
  [2] show_term(io::IOContext{Base.TTY}, t::SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real})
    @ SymbolicUtils ~/.julia/packages/SymbolicUtils/qsTQJ/src/types.jl:1123
  [3] show
    @ ~/.julia/packages/SymbolicUtils/qsTQJ/src/types.jl:1136 [inlined]
  [4] show(io::IOContext{Base.TTY}, ::MIME{Symbol("text/plain")}, x::SymbolicUtils.BasicSymbolic{Real})
    @ Base.Multimedia ./multimedia.jl:47
  [5] (::REPL.var"#68#69"{REPL.REPLDisplay{REPL.LineEditREPL}, MIME{Symbol("text/plain")}, Base.RefValue{Any}})(io::Any)
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:367
  [6] with_repl_linfo(f::Any, repl::REPL.LineEditREPL)
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:661
  [7] display(d::REPL.REPLDisplay, mime::MIME{Symbol("text/plain")}, x::Any)
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:353
  [8] display
    @ ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:372 [inlined]
  [9] display(x::Any)
    @ Base.Multimedia ./multimedia.jl:340
 [10] #invokelatest#2
    @ ./essentials.jl:1055 [inlined]
 [11] invokelatest
    @ ./essentials.jl:1052 [inlined]
 [12] print_response(errio::IO, response::Any, show_value::Bool, have_color::Bool, specialdisplay::Union{…})
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:409
 [13] (::REPL.var"#70#71"{REPL.LineEditREPL, Pair{Any, Bool}, Bool, Bool})(io::Any)
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:378
 [14] with_repl_linfo(f::Any, repl::REPL.LineEditREPL)
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:661
 [15] print_response(repl::REPL.AbstractREPL, response::Any, show_value::Bool, have_color::Bool)
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:376
 [16] (::REPL.var"#do_respond#96"{…})(s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, buf::Any, ok::Bool)
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:1003
 [17] #invokelatest#2
    @ ./essentials.jl:1055 [inlined]
 [18] invokelatest
    @ ./essentials.jl:1052 [inlined]
 [19] run_interface(terminal::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, m::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState)
    @ REPL.LineEdit ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2755
 [20] run_frontend(repl::REPL.LineEditREPL, backend::REPL.REPLBackendRef)
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:1474
 [21] (::REPL.var"#75#81"{REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.REPLBackendRef})()
    @ REPL ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.4+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:480
Some type information was truncated. Use `show(err)` to see complete types.

Since the introduction of caching occursin_info now only returns a bool and this issue can be closed, I think.

orebas mentioned this issue Dec 22, 2024

add flag for activating robust calculation of expand_derivatives #1353

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Display function fails with "LoadError: MethodError: no method matching nameof(::Bool)" #1281

Display function fails with "LoadError: MethodError: no method matching nameof(::Bool)" #1281

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