Recent breakage of Latexify on sparse matrices?

[ChrisRackauckas]

JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl#923 (comment)

https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923

ERROR: LoadError: MethodError: no method matching zero(::String)

Closest candidates are:
  zero(!Matched::Union{Type{P}, P}) where P<:Dates.Period
   @ Dates /opt/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.9.1/x64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.9/Dates/src/periods.jl:51
  zero(!Matched::Union{AbstractAlgebra.Generic.LaurentSeriesFieldElem{T}, AbstractAlgebra.Generic.LaurentSeriesRingElem{T}} where T<:AbstractAlgebra.RingElement)
   @ AbstractAlgebra ~/.julia/packages/AbstractAlgebra/YkCOC/src/generic/LaurentSeries.jl:443
  zero(!Matched::Union{AbstractAlgebra.Generic.LaurentSeriesFieldElem{T}, AbstractAlgebra.Generic.LaurentSeriesRingElem{T}} where T<:AbstractAlgebra.RingElement, !Matched::Union{Char, AbstractString, Symbol}; cached)
   @ AbstractAlgebra ~/.julia/packages/AbstractAlgebra/YkCOC/src/generic/LaurentSeries.jl:443
  ...

Stacktrace:
  [1] iszero(x::String)
    @ Base ./number.jl:42
  [2] _iszero(x::String)
    @ SparseArrays /opt/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.9.1/x64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.9/SparseArrays/src/SparseArrays.jl:37
  [3] _noshapecheck_map(::Base.Broadcast.var"#43#44"{Base.Pairs{Symbol, Symbol, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:env,), Tuple{Symbol}}}, typeof(Latexify.latexraw)}, ::SparseArrays.SparseMatrixCSC{Num, Int64})
    @ SparseArrays.HigherOrderFns /opt/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.9.1/x64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.9/SparseArrays/src/higherorderfns.jl:181
  [4] copy
    @ /opt/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.9.1/x64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.9/SparseArrays/src/higherorderfns.jl:195 [inlined]
  [5] materialize
    @ ./broadcast.jl:873 [inlined]
  [6] _latexarray(arr::SparseArrays.SparseMatrixCSC{Num, Int64}; adjustment::Symbol, transpose::Bool, double_linebreak::Bool, starred::Bool, arraystyle::Symbol, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Symbol, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:env,), Tuple{Symbol}}})
    @ Latexify ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexarray.jl:47
  [7] _latexarray
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexarray.jl:17 [inlined]
  [8] #_latexraw#46
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexraw.jl:112 [inlined]
  [9] process_latexify(args::SparseArrays.SparseMatrixCSC{Num, Int64}; kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Symbol, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:env,), Tuple{Symbol}}})
    @ Latexify ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexify_function.jl:49
 [10] process_latexify
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexify_function.jl:40 [inlined]
 [11] #latexraw#40
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexraw.jl:58 [inlined]
 [12] latexraw
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexraw.jl:58 [inlined]
 [13] _latexequation(eq::SparseArrays.SparseMatrixCSC{Num, Int64}; starred::Bool, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Latexify ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexequation.jl:5
 [14] _latexequation(eq::SparseArrays.SparseMatrixCSC{Num, Int64})
    @ Latexify ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexequation.jl:4
 [[15](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:16)] process_latexify(args::SparseArrays.SparseMatrixCSC{Num, Int64}; kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Latexify ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexify_function.jl:49
 [[16](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:17)] process_latexify
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexify_function.jl:40 [inlined]
 [[17](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:18)] latexify(args::SparseArrays.SparseMatrixCSC{Num, Int64}; kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Latexify ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexify_function.jl:27
 [[18](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:19)] latexify
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Latexify/2ODIr/src/latexify_function.jl:25 [inlined]
 [[19](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:20)] show(io::IOContext{IOBuffer}, #unused#::MIME{Symbol("text/latex")}, x::SparseArrays.SparseMatrixCSC{Num, Int64})
    @ Symbolics ~/work/Symbolics.jl/Symbolics.jl/src/latexify_recipes.jl:124
 [[20](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:21)] __binrepr(m::MIME{Symbol("text/latex")}, x::SparseArrays.SparseMatrixCSC{Num, Int64}, context::Pair{Symbol, Bool})
    @ Base.Multimedia ./multimedia.jl:173
 [[21](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:22)] _textrepr
    @ ./multimedia.jl:163 [inlined]
 [[22](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:23)] #stringmime#8
    @ /opt/hostedtoolcache/julia/1.9.1/x64/share/julia/stdlib/v1.9/Base64/src/Base64.jl:44 [inlined]
 [[23](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:24)] display_dict(x::SparseArrays.SparseMatrixCSC{Num, Int64}; context::Pair{Symbol, Bool})
    @ Documenter.Utilities ~/.julia/packages/Documenter/H5y27/src/Utilities/Utilities.jl:691
 [[24](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:25)] invokelatest(::Any, ::Any, ::Vararg{Any}; kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Pair{Symbol, Bool}, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:context,), Tuple{Pair{Symbol, Bool}}}})
    @ Base ./essentials.jl:818
 [[25](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:26)] runner(#unused#::Type{Documenter.Expanders.ExampleBlocks}, x::Markdown.Code, page::Documenter.Documents.Page, doc::Documenter.Documents.Document)
    @ Documenter.Expanders ~/.julia/packages/Documenter/H5y27/src/Expanders.jl:656
 [[26](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:27)] dispatch(::Type{Documenter.Expanders.ExpanderPipeline}, ::Markdown.Code, ::Vararg{Any})
    @ Documenter.Utilities.Selectors ~/.julia/packages/Documenter/H5y[27](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:28)/src/Utilities/Selectors.jl:170
 [27] expand(doc::Documenter.Documents.Document)
    @ Documenter.Expanders ~/.julia/packages/Documenter/H5y27/src/Expanders.jl:42
 [[28](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:29)] runner(#unused#::Type{Documenter.Builder.ExpandTemplates}, doc::Documenter.Documents.Document)
    @ Documenter.Builder ~/.julia/packages/Documenter/H5y27/src/Builder.jl:226
 [[29](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:30)] dispatch(#unused#::Type{Documenter.Builder.DocumentPipeline}, x::Documenter.Documents.Document)
    @ Documenter.Utilities.Selectors ~/.julia/packages/Documenter/H5y27/src/Utilities/Selectors.jl:170
 [[30](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:31)] #2
    @ ~/.julia/packages/Documenter/H5y27/src/Documenter.jl:273 [inlined]
 [[31](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:32)] cd(f::Documenter.var"#2#3"{Documenter.Documents.Document}, dir::String)
    @ Base.Filesystem ./file.jl:112
 [[32](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:33)] makedocs(; debug::Bool, format::Documenter.Writers.HTMLWriter.HTML, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Any, NTuple{8, Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:sitename, :authors, :modules, :clean, :doctest, :strict, :mathengine, :pages), Tuple{String, String, Vector{Module}, Bool, Bool, Vector{Symbol}, MathJax3, Vector{Any}}}})
    @ Documenter ~/.julia/packages/Documenter/H5y27/src/Documenter.jl:272
 [[33](https://github.com/JuliaSymbolics/Symbolics.jl/actions/runs/5409041415/jobs/9828721146?pr=923#step:5:34)] top-level scope
    @ ~/work/Symbolics.jl/Symbolics.jl/docs/make.jl:17
in expression starting at /home/runner/work/Symbolics.jl/Symbolics.jl/docs/make.jl:17

[gustaphe]

Sorry to get back to this a year later. I'm in the last stretch of my PhD, so I needed some distraction. #302 solves this.