Merge branch 'mt/fix_samplefromuniform' of https://github.com/TuringLang/DynamicPPL.jl into mt/fix_samplefromuniform

Author: mohdibntarek

src/utils.jl

@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ end
 
 # ROBUST INITIALISATIONS
 # Uniform rand with range 2; ref: https://mc-stan.org/docs/2_19/reference-manual/initialization.html
-randrealuni() = Real(4rand()-2)
-randrealuni(args...) = map(Real, 4 .* rand(args...) .- 2)
+randrealuni() = 4 * rand() - 2
+randrealuni(args...) = 4 .* rand(args...) .- 2
 
 const Transformable = Union{TransformDistribution, SimplexDistribution, PDMatDistribution}