fix update for scalars

src/tracker/Tracker.jl

@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ macro grad(ex)
   @q(Tracker._forward($(args...)) where $(T...) = $body) |> esc
 end
 
-function update!(x, Δ)
-  x.data .+= data(Δ)
-  tracker(x).grad .= 0
-  return x
-end
-
 include("idset.jl")
 include("back.jl")
 include("numeric.jl")

src/tracker/lib/array.jl

@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ Base.setindex!(xs::TrackedArray, v, i...) =
 
 back!(::TrackedArray) = error("Value is not scalar; use `back!(sum(x))` or `back!(x, Δ)`")
 
+function update!(x::TrackedArray, Δ)
+  x.data .+= data(Δ)
+  tracker(x).grad .= 0
+  return x
+end
+
 # Fallthrough methods
 
 for f in :[Base.size, Base.ndims, Base.collect].args

src/tracker/lib/real.jl

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-struct TrackedReal{T<:Real} <: Real
+mutable struct TrackedReal{T<:Real} <: Real
   data::T
   tracker::Tracked{T}
 end
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ function back!(x::TrackedReal; once = true)
     return back!(x, 1, once = once)
 end
 
+function update!(x::TrackedReal, Δ)
+  x.data += data(Δ)
+  tracker(x).grad = 0
+  return x
+end
+
 function Base.show(io::IO, x::TrackedReal)
   T = get(io, :typeinfo, Any)
   show(io, data(x))

test/tracker.jl

@@ -286,4 +286,13 @@ end
   @test count == 3
 end
 
+@testset "Updates" begin
+  xs = param([1, 2, 3])
+  Tracker.update!(xs, param([4, 5, 6]))
+  @test xs == [5, 7, 9]
+  x = param(3)
+  Tracker.update!(x, param(4))
+  @test x == 7
+end
+
 end #testset