Compile an ernest_sampler object. — compile.ernest

Prepare the ernest_sampler for generating nested samples by validating the set of live points within the object, creating live points if none exist yet.

Usage

# S3 method for class 'ernest_sampler'
compile(object, refresh = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

object: An ernest_sampler object.
refresh: Whether to clear existing points from object and generating new ones. If TRUE, the function will clear both the live points and dead points gathered from previous runs.
...: Ignored.

Value

object, invisibly.

Details

Usually, a user will not need to call this method directly, as it is called automatically by generate(). compile() is kept as a distinct step from generate() so users can understand and troubleshoot errors with their log-likelihood and prior transformation functions before a run begins. It also catches errors that were generated during a run: These are more indicative of a problem with ernest itself, and such errors are labelled appropriately.