get rid of branch that was only uses to change broadcasting

Author: oxinabox

src/rule_definition_tools.jl

@@ -244,24 +244,13 @@ function propagation_expr(Δs, ∂s, _conj=false, proj=identity)
             esc(∂s_i)
         end
     end
-    n∂s = length(_∂s)
 
-    summed_∂_mul_Δs = if n∂s > 1
-        # Explicit multiplication is only performed for the first pair
-        # of partial and gradient.
-        init_expr = :(*($(_∂s[1]), $(Δs[1])))
-
-        # Apply `muladd` iteratively.
-        foldl(Iterators.drop(zip(_∂s, Δs), 1); init=init_expr) do ex, (∂s_i, Δs_i)
-            :(muladd($∂s_i, $Δs_i, $ex))
-        end
-    else
-        # Note: we don't want to do broadcasting with only 1 multiply (no `+`),
-        # because some arrays overload multiply with scalar. Avoiding
-        # broadcasting saves compilation time.
-        :($(_∂s[1]) * $(Δs[1]))
+    # Apply `muladd` iteratively.
+    # Explicit multiplication is only performed for the first pair of partial and gradient.
+    init_expr = :(*($(_∂s[1]), $(Δs[1])))
+    summed_∂_mul_Δs = foldl(Iterators.drop(zip(_∂s, Δs), 1); init=init_expr) do ex, (∂s_i, Δs_i)
+        :(muladd($∂s_i, $Δs_i, $ex))
     end
-
     return :($proj($summed_∂_mul_Δs))
 end