Previously compiled/fitted model suddenly crashes (without any changes in the specification)

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Hello,

I have fitted a certain model various times without any problems. After one month, I wanted to return to the analysis. However, when fitting the same model using the same code and the same setup (same R-version, same Stan version, everything without changes), I run into a compilation error: The output is massive (about 1000 lines of C+±code). It begins with:

make: *** [file784b9b28ef.o] Error 1

ERROR(s) during compilation: source code errors or compiler configuration errors!

Program source:
1:
2: // includes from the plugin
3:
4:
5: // user includes
6: #define STAN__SERVICES__COMMAND_HPP// Code generated by Stan version 2.17.0
7:
8: #include <stan/model/model_header.hpp>
9:
10: namespace model784798bea_t0hier3_namespace {
11:
12: using std::istream;
13: using std::string;
14: using std::stringstream;
15: using std::vector;
16: using stan::io::dump;
17: using stan::math::lgamma;
18: using stan::model::prob_grad;
19: using namespace stan::math;
…
and it ends with:
Error in compileCode(f, code, language = language, verbose = verbose) :
Compilation ERROR, function(s)/method(s) not created!

I would be very grateful for some help! (I use R version 3.5 with rstan version 2.17.3 and a windows 7 operating system). It seems very puzzling, because I did not change anything to the stan-setup, yet suddenly previously compiled/fitted models do not work anymore.

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We need the part of the output that starts with error: (including the colon).

3

Thanks. The part of the output which includes “error:” is:

“error: ‘enable_both’ is not a member of ‘boost::exception_detail’
throw exception_detail::enable_both( e );”

4

What version of BH do you have?

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Sorry I don’t know where I can access the version number?

In fact, I do not recall that I changed anything in the setup (including any C++ file, R version, stan version), yet it does not work anymore.

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packageVersion("BH")

7

Thanks. It is version 1.69.0.1

8

And you have RStan 2.19.2? The only other person who encountered an error like that managed to overcome it by upgrading

9

Thank you very much for clarifying this. I’ll probably follow your suggestion. However, I guess in the case of upgrading, I won’t get the same results when I run the previously compiled model again - right?

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You should not expect to get literally the same realizations from the posterior distribution, although the posterior distribution should be the same.