added function aliases that dont contain unicode characters for convenience (#805)

Author: ajinkya-k

NEWS.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+MixedModels v4.31.0 Release Notes
+==============================
+- Added aliases `settheta!` and `profilesigma` for the functions `setθ!` and `profileσ` respectively
+
 MixedModels v4.30.0 Release Notes
 ==============================
 - Refactor calls to backend optimizer to make it easier to add and use different optimization backends.

Project.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "MixedModels"
 uuid = "ff71e718-51f3-5ec2-a782-8ffcbfa3c316"
 author = ["Phillip Alday <[email protected]>", "Douglas Bates <[email protected]>"]
-version = "4.30.1"
+version = "4.31.0"
 
 [deps]
 Arrow = "69666777-d1a9-59fb-9406-91d4454c9d45"

src/MixedModels.jl

@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ export @formula,
     predict,
     profile,
     profileσ,
+    profilesigma,
     profilevc,
     pwrss,
     ranef,
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ export @formula,
     shortestcovint,
     sdest,
     setθ!,
+    settheta!,
     simulate,
     simulate!,
     sparse,
@@ -208,6 +210,11 @@ include("profile/profile.jl")
 include("nlopt.jl")
 include("prima.jl")
 
+
+# aliases with non-unicode function names
+const settheta! = setθ!
+const profilesigma = profileσ
+
 # COV_EXCL_START
 @setup_workload begin
     # Putting some things in `setup` can reduce the size of the

test/misc.jl

@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ using MixedModels: dataset
     @test_throws MixedModels._MISSING_RE_ERROR  MixedModel(@formula(yield ~ 0 + batch), dyestuff, Poisson())
     @test_throws MixedModels._MISSING_RE_ERROR  MixedModel(@formula(yield ~ 1), dyestuff, Poisson())
 end
+
+@testset "non-unicode function aliases for exports" begin
+    @test settheta! === setθ!
+    @test profilesigma === profileσ
+end