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20.6 Parameters with multiple twiddles
A warning is generated when a parameter is found on the left-hand side of more than one ~ statements (or an equivalent target +=
conditional density statement). This pattern is not inherently an issue, but it is unusual and may indicate a mistake.
Pedantic mode only searches for repeated statements, it will not for example generate a warning when a ~ statement is executed repeatedly inside of a loop.
For example, consider the following program.
data {
real x;
}
parameters {
real a;
real b;
}
model {
a ~ normal(0, 1);
a ~ normal(x, 1);
b ~ normal(1, 1);
}
Pedantic mode produces the following warning.
Warning at 'multi-twiddle.stan', line 9, column 2 to column 19:
The parameter a is on the left-hand side of more than one twiddle
statement.