2 problems with cmdstanr: one model gives the wrong answer, the other gives an error in compilation

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The bernoulli example on this pedantic mode branch was modified by adding a non used parameter. Just so we test that pedantic mode is running and working.

This is the model code:

data {
  int<lower=0> N;
  int<lower=0,upper=1> y[N];
}

parameters {
  real<lower=0,upper=1> theta;
  real sigma;
}

model {
  theta ~ beta(1,1); // uniform prior on interval 0,1
  y ~ bernoulli(theta);
}

If you remove sigma, all is well. So the pedantic mode warning here is very helpful.

These are related to the pedantic mode branch you are using. Not directly with cmdstanr. I am going to post it to the pedantic mode thread so Ryan doesnt miss them.

The compile error on 8schools occurs because the filename starts with a number. This doesnt play well with cmdstan, which has always been the case and I think is also listed in the cmdstan guide. But the way it errors currently is bad. Will fix that on cmdstan/stanc3 for this release.

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