support constructors with non_differentiable

src/rule_definition_tools.jl

@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ macro non_differentiable(sig_expr)
     primal_name, orig_args = Iterators.peel(sig_expr.args)
 
     constrained_args = _constrain_and_name.(orig_args, :Any)
-    primal_sig_parts = [:(::typeof($primal_name)), constrained_args...]
+    primal_sig_parts = [:(::Core.Typeof($primal_name)), constrained_args...]
 
     unconstrained_args = _unconstrain.(constrained_args)
 

test/demos/forwarddiffzero.jl

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ using Test
 # Define the AD
 
 # Note that we never directly define Dual Number Arithmetic on Dual numbers
-# instead it is automatically defined from the `frules` 
+# instead it is automatically defined from the `frules`
 struct Dual <: Real
     primal::Float64
     partial::Float64
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ Base.to_power_type(x::Dual) = x
 function define_dual_overload(sig)
     sig = Base.unwrap_unionall(sig)  # Not really handling most UnionAlls
     opT, argTs = Iterators.peel(sig.parameters)
-    fieldcount(opT) == 0 || return  # not handling functors 
+    opT isa Type{<:Type} && return  # not handling constructors
+    fieldcount(opT) == 0 || return  # not handling functors
     all(Float64 <: argT for argT in argTs) || return  # only handling purely Float64 ops.
 
     N = length(sig.parameters) - 1  # skip the op
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ function ChainRulesCore.frule((_, Δx, Δy), ::typeof(*), x::Number, y::Number)
 end
 
 # Manual refresh needed as new rule added in same file as AD after the `on_new_rule` call
-refresh_rules(); 
+refresh_rules();
 
 @testset "ForwardDiffZero" begin
     foo(x) = x + x

test/demos/reversediffzero.jl

@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ Base.to_power_type(x::Tracked) = x
 function define_tracked_overload(sig)
     sig = Base.unwrap_unionall(sig)  # not really handling most UnionAll
     opT, argTs = Iterators.peel(sig.parameters)
-    fieldcount(opT) == 0 || return  # not handling functors 
+    opT isa Type{<:Type} && return  # not handling constructors
+    fieldcount(opT) == 0 || return  # not handling functors
     all(Float64 <: argT for argT in argTs) || return  # only handling purely Float64 ops.
 
     N = length(sig.parameters) - 1  # skip the op
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ function ChainRulesCore.rrule(::typeof(*), x::Number, y::Number)
 end
 
 # Manual refresh needed as new rule added in same file as AD after the `on_new_rule` call
-refresh_rules(); 
+refresh_rules();
 
 @testset "ReversedDiffZero" begin
     foo(x) = x + x

test/rule_definition_tools.jl

@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ macro test_macro_throws(err_expr, expr)
     end
 end
 
+# struct need to be defined outside of tests for julia 1.0 compat
+struct NonDiffExample
+    x
+end
+
+struct NonDiffCounterExample
+    x
+end
 
 @testset "rule_definition_tools.jl" begin
     @testset "@non_differentiable" begin
@@ -98,6 +106,25 @@ end
             end
         end
 
+        @testset "Constructors" begin
+            @non_differentiable NonDiffExample(::Any)
+
+            @test isequal(
+                frule((Zero(), 1.2), NonDiffExample, 2.0),
+                (NonDiffExample(2.0), DoesNotExist())
+            )
+
+            res, pullback = rrule(NonDiffExample, 2.0)
+            @test res == NonDiffExample(2.0)
+            @test pullback(1.2) == (NO_FIELDS, DoesNotExist())
+
+            # https://github.com/JuliaDiff/ChainRulesCore.jl/issues/213
+            # problem was that `@nondiff Foo(x)` was also defining rules for other types.
+            # make sure that isn't happenning
+            @test frule((Zero(), 1.2), NonDiffCounterExample, 2.0) === nothing
+            @test rrule(NonDiffCounterExample, 2.0) === nothing
+        end
+
         @testset "Not supported (Yet)" begin
             # Varargs are not supported
             @test_macro_throws ErrorException @non_differentiable vararg1(xs...)
@@ -115,7 +142,7 @@ end
         @testset "@scalar_rule with multiple output" begin
             simo(x) = (x, 2x)
             @scalar_rule(simo(x), 1f0, 2f0)
-    
+
             y, simo_pb = rrule(simo, π)
 
             @test simo_pb((10f0, 20f0)) == (NO_FIELDS, 50f0)