remove explicit Vararg (#680)

* remove explicit Vararg

* NEWS and patch bump

* add news for precompile backend

* ignore LocalPreferences.toml

.gitignore

@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ tune.json
 Manifest.toml
 settings.json
 docs/jmd
+LocalPreferences.toml
+

NEWS.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+MixedModels v4.12.1 Release Notes
+==============================
+* Precompilation is now handled with `PrecompileTools` instead of `SnoopPrecompile`. [#681]
+* An unnecessary explicit `Vararg` in an internal method has been removed. This removal eliminates a compiler warning about the deprecated `Vararg` pattern. [#680]
+
 MixedModels v4.12.0 Release Notes
 ==============================
 * The pirated method `Base.:/(a::AbstractTerm, b::AbstractTerm)` is no longer defined. This does not impact the use of `/` as a nesting term in `@formula` within MixedModels, only the programmatic runtime construction of formula, e.g. `term(:a) / term(:b)`. If you require `Base.:/`, then [`RegressionFormulae.jl`](https://github.com/kleinschmidt/RegressionFormulae.jl) provides this method. (Avoiding method redefinition when using `RegressionFormulae.jl` is the motivating reason for this change.) [#677]
@@ -417,3 +422,5 @@ Package dependencies
 [#674]: https://github.com/JuliaStats/MixedModels.jl/issues/674
 [#676]: https://github.com/JuliaStats/MixedModels.jl/issues/676
 [#677]: https://github.com/JuliaStats/MixedModels.jl/issues/677
+[#680]: https://github.com/JuliaStats/MixedModels.jl/issues/680
+[#681]: https://github.com/JuliaStats/MixedModels.jl/issues/681

Project.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "MixedModels"
 uuid = "ff71e718-51f3-5ec2-a782-8ffcbfa3c316"
 author = ["Phillip Alday <[email protected]>", "Douglas Bates <[email protected]>", "Jose Bayoan Santiago Calderon <[email protected]>"]
-version = "4.12.0"
+version = "4.12.1"
 
 [deps]
 Arrow = "69666777-d1a9-59fb-9406-91d4454c9d45"

src/randomeffectsterm.jl

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const GROUPING_TYPE = Union{
     <:CategoricalTerm,<:InteractionTerm{<:NTuple{N,CategoricalTerm} where {N}}
 }
 check_re_group_type(term::GROUPING_TYPE) = true
-check_re_group_type(terms::Tuple{Vararg{<:GROUPING_TYPE}}) = true
+check_re_group_type(term::Tuple) = all(check_re_group_type, term)
 check_re_group_type(x) = false
 
 _unprotect(x) = x