Improve type stability of cat_pullback

Author: ToucheSir

Project.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "ChainRules"
 uuid = "082447d4-558c-5d27-93f4-14fc19e9eca2"
-version = "1.28.2"
+version = "1.28.3"
 
 [deps]
 ChainRulesCore = "d360d2e6-b24c-11e9-a2a3-2a2ae2dbcce4"

src/rulesets/Base/array.jl

@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ function rrule(::typeof(cat), Xs::Union{AbstractArray, Number}...; dims)
                 if d in cdims
                     d > ndimsX ? (prev[d]+1) : (prev[d]+1:prev[d]+sizeX[d])
                 else
-                    d > ndimsX ? 1 : (:)
+                    d > ndimsX ? 1 : 1:sizeX[d]
                 end
             end
             for d in cdims

test/rulesets/Base/array.jl

@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ end
     test_rrule(cat, rand(1), rand(3, 2, 1); fkwargs=(dims=(1,2),), check_inferred=false) # infers Tuple{Zero, Vector{Float64}, Any}
 
     test_rrule(cat, rand(2, 2), rand(2, 2)'; fkwargs=(dims=1,))
+    # inference on exotic array types
+    test_rrule(cat, @SArray rand(3, 2, 1), @SArray rand(3, 2, 1); fkwargs=(dims=Val(2),))
 end
 
 @testset "hvcat" begin