Merge pull request #846 from null-a/warn-when-no-reparam

Warn when continuous distribution doesn't support reparam trick.
probmods · May 4, 2017 · 17d44ed · 17d44ed
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diff --git a/src/inference/elbo.ad.js b/src/inference/elbo.ad.js
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ module.exports = function(env) {
         reparam = false;
       }
 
+      if (dist.isContinuous && (!dist.base || !dist.transform)) {
+        var msg = 'Warning: Continuous distribution ' + dist.meta.name + ' does not support reparameterization.';
+        util.warn(msg, true);
+      }
 
       return {val: val, reparam: reparam};
     },