Merge pull request #780 from robert-wright/master

Proposed bug fix for bad state when using CircularBuffer push!

src/circular_buffer.jl

@@ -101,14 +101,18 @@ end
 
 Add an element to the back and overwrite front if full.
 """
-@inline function Base.push!(cb::CircularBuffer, data)
+@inline function Base.push!(cb::CircularBuffer{T}, data) where T
+
+    # As per the behaviour of Base.push!
+    data_converted = convert(T, data)
+
     # if full, increment and overwrite, otherwise push
     if cb.length == cb.capacity
         cb.first = (cb.first == cb.capacity ? 1 : cb.first + 1)
     else
         cb.length += 1
     end
-    @inbounds cb.buffer[_buffer_index(cb, cb.length)] = data
+    @inbounds cb.buffer[_buffer_index(cb, cb.length)] = data_converted
     return cb
 end
 

test/test_circular_buffer.jl

@@ -165,6 +165,15 @@
         end
     end
 
+    @testset "Issue 754" begin
+        cb = CircularBuffer{Int}(5)
+        @test size(cb) == (0,)
+        @test_throws InexactError push!(cb, 1.5)
+        @test size(cb) == (0,)
+        push!(cb, 1.0)
+        @test size(cb) == (1,)
+    end
+
     @testset "resize!" begin
         @testset "resize an empty buffer" begin
             cb = CircularBuffer{Int}(3)