Fix treatment of gid in merge(::Metadata)

Author: mhauru

src/varinfo.jl

@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ function merge_metadata(metadata_left::Metadata, metadata_right::Metadata)
     ranges = Vector{UnitRange{Int}}()
     vals = T[]
     dists = D[]
-    gids = metadata_right.gids  # NOTE: giving precedence to `metadata_right`
+    gids = Set{Selector}[]
     orders = Int[]
     flags = Dict{String,BitVector}()
     # Initialize the `flags`.
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ function merge_metadata(metadata_left::Metadata, metadata_right::Metadata)
             dist_right = getdist(metadata_right, vn)
             # Give precedence to `metadata_right`.
             push!(dists, dist_right)
+            gid = metadata_right.gids[getidx(metadata_right, vn)]
+            push!(gids, gid)
             # `orders`: giving precedence to `metadata_right`
             push!(orders, getorder(metadata_right, vn))
             # `flags`
@@ -441,6 +443,8 @@ function merge_metadata(metadata_left::Metadata, metadata_right::Metadata)
             # `dists`
             dist_left = getdist(metadata_left, vn)
             push!(dists, dist_left)
+            gid = metadata_left.gids[getidx(metadata_left, vn)]
+            push!(gids, gid)
             # `orders`
             push!(orders, getorder(metadata_left, vn))
             # `flags`
@@ -459,6 +463,8 @@ function merge_metadata(metadata_left::Metadata, metadata_right::Metadata)
             # `dists`
             dist_right = getdist(metadata_right, vn)
             push!(dists, dist_right)
+            gid = metadata_right.gids[getidx(metadata_right, vn)]
+            push!(gids, gid)
             # `orders`
             push!(orders, getorder(metadata_right, vn))
             # `flags`

test/varinfo.jl

@@ -645,6 +645,19 @@ DynamicPPL.getspace(::DynamicPPL.Sampler{MySAlg}) = (:s,)
             @test varinfo_merged[@varname(x)] == varinfo_right[@varname(x)]
             @test DynamicPPL.getdist(varinfo_merged, @varname(x)) isa Normal
         end
+
+        # The below used to error, testing to avoid regression.
+        @testset "merge gids" begin
+            gidset_left = Set([Selector(1)])
+            vi_left = VarInfo()
+            vi_left = push!!(vi_left, @varname(x), 1.0, Normal(), gidset_left)
+            gidset_right = Set([Selector(2)])
+            vi_right = VarInfo()
+            vi_right = push!!(vi_right, @varname(y), 2.0, Normal(), gidset_right)
+            varinfo_merged = merge(vi_left, vi_right)
+            @test DynamicPPL.getgid(varinfo_merged, @varname(x)) == gidset_left
+            @test DynamicPPL.getgid(varinfo_merged, @varname(y)) == gidset_right
+        end
     end
 
     @testset "VarInfo with selectors" begin