warp-lang 0.9.0__py3-none-win_amd64.whl → 0.11.0__py3-none-win_amd64.whl

warp/tests/test_vec.py

@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 # distribution of this software and related documentation without an express
 # license agreement from NVIDIA CORPORATION is strictly prohibited.
 
+import unittest
+
 import numpy as np
+
 import warp as wp
-from warp.tests.test_base import *
+from warp.tests.unittest_utils import *
 
 wp.init()
 
@@ -27,1573 +30,184 @@ np_unsigned_int_types = [
     np.ubyte,
 ]
 
-np_int_types = np_signed_int_types + np_unsigned_int_types
-
 np_float_types = [np.float16, np.float32, np.float64]
 
-np_scalar_types = np_int_types + np_float_types
-
 
-def randvals(shape, dtype):
+def randvals(rng, shape, dtype):
     if dtype in np_float_types:
-        return np.random.randn(*shape).astype(dtype)
+        return rng.standard_normal(size=shape).astype(dtype)
     elif dtype in [np.int8, np.uint8, np.byte, np.ubyte]:
-        return np.random.randint(1, 3, size=shape, dtype=dtype)
-    return np.random.randint(1, 5, size=shape, dtype=dtype)
+        return rng.integers(1, high=3, size=shape, dtype=dtype)
+    return rng.integers(1, high=5, size=shape, dtype=dtype)
 
 
 kernel_cache = dict()
 
 
 def getkernel(func, suffix=""):
-    module = wp.get_module(func.__module__)
     key = func.__name__ + "_" + suffix
     if key not in kernel_cache:
-        kernel_cache[key] = wp.Kernel(func=func, key=key, module=module)
+        kernel_cache[key] = wp.Kernel(func=func, key=key)
     return kernel_cache[key]
 
 
-def get_select_kernel(dtype):
-    def output_select_kernel_fn(
-        input: wp.array(dtype=dtype),
-        index: int,
-        out: wp.array(dtype=dtype),
-    ):
-        out[0] = input[index]
-
-    return getkernel(output_select_kernel_fn, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-
-
-def get_select_kernel2(dtype):
-    def output_select_kernel2_fn(
-        input: wp.array(dtype=dtype, ndim=2),
-        index0: int,
-        index1: int,
-        out: wp.array(dtype=dtype),
-    ):
-        out[0] = input[index0, index1]
-
-    return getkernel(output_select_kernel2_fn, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-
-
-def test_arrays(test, device, dtype):
-    np.random.seed(123)
-
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 1.0e-3,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
-
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
-
-    v2_np = randvals((10, 2), dtype)
-    v3_np = randvals((10, 3), dtype)
-    v4_np = randvals((10, 4), dtype)
-    v5_np = randvals((10, 5), dtype)
-
-    v2 = wp.array(v2_np, dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(v3_np, dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(v4_np, dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.array(v5_np, dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v2.numpy(), v2_np, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v3.numpy(), v3_np, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v4.numpy(), v4_np, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v5.numpy(), v5_np, tol=1.0e-6)
-
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-
-    v2 = wp.array(v2_np, dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(v3_np, dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(v4_np, dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v2.numpy(), v2_np, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v3.numpy(), v3_np, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v4.numpy(), v4_np, tol=1.0e-6)
-
-
-def test_anon_type_instance(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
-
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 5.0e-3,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
-
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
+def test_anon_constructor_error_dtype_keyword_missing(test, device):
+    @wp.kernel
+    def kernel():
+        wp.vector(length=123)
 
-    def check_scalar_init(
-        input: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        output: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-    ):
-        v2result = wp.vector(input[0], length=2)
-        v3result = wp.vector(input[1], length=3)
-        v4result = wp.vector(input[2], length=4)
-        v5result = wp.vector(input[3], length=5)
-
-        idx = 0
-        for i in range(2):
-            output[idx] = wptype(2) * v2result[i]
-            idx = idx + 1
-        for i in range(3):
-            output[idx] = wptype(2) * v3result[i]
-            idx = idx + 1
-        for i in range(4):
-            output[idx] = wptype(2) * v4result[i]
-            idx = idx + 1
-        for i in range(5):
-            output[idx] = wptype(2) * v5result[i]
-            idx = idx + 1
-
-    def check_component_init(
-        input: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        output: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
+    with test.assertRaisesRegex(
+        RuntimeError,
+        r"vec\(\) must have dtype as a keyword argument if it has no positional arguments, e.g.: wp.vector\(length=5, dtype=wp.float32\)$",
     ):
-        v2result = wp.vector(input[0], input[1])
-        v3result = wp.vector(input[2], input[3], input[4])
-        v4result = wp.vector(input[5], input[6], input[7], input[8])
-        v5result = wp.vector(input[9], input[10], input[11], input[12], input[13])
-
-        idx = 0
-        for i in range(2):
-            output[idx] = wptype(2) * v2result[i]
-            idx = idx + 1
-        for i in range(3):
-            output[idx] = wptype(2) * v3result[i]
-            idx = idx + 1
-        for i in range(4):
-            output[idx] = wptype(2) * v4result[i]
-            idx = idx + 1
-        for i in range(5):
-            output[idx] = wptype(2) * v5result[i]
-            idx = idx + 1
-
-    scalar_kernel = getkernel(check_scalar_init, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-    component_kernel = getkernel(check_component_init, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-    output_select_kernel = get_select_kernel(wptype)
-
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
-
-    input = wp.array(randvals([4], dtype), requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    output = wp.zeros(2 + 3 + 4 + 5, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-
-    wp.launch(scalar_kernel, dim=1, inputs=[input], outputs=[output], device=device)
-
-    assert_np_equal(output.numpy()[:2], 2 * np.array([input.numpy()[0]] * 2), tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(output.numpy()[2:5], 2 * np.array([input.numpy()[1]] * 3), tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(output.numpy()[5:9], 2 * np.array([input.numpy()[2]] * 4), tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(output.numpy()[9:], 2 * np.array([input.numpy()[3]] * 5), tol=1.0e-6)
-
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        out = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-        for i in range(len(output)):
-            tape = wp.Tape()
-            with tape:
-                wp.launch(scalar_kernel, dim=1, inputs=[input], outputs=[output], device=device)
-                wp.launch(output_select_kernel, dim=1, inputs=[output, i], outputs=[out], device=device)
-
-            tape.backward(loss=out)
-            expected = np.zeros_like(input.numpy())
-            if i < 2:
-                expected[0] = 2
-            elif i < 5:
-                expected[1] = 2
-            elif i < 9:
-                expected[2] = 2
-            else:
-                expected[3] = 2
-
-            assert_np_equal(tape.gradients[input].numpy(), expected, tol=tol)
-
-            tape.reset()
-            tape.zero()
-
-    input = wp.array(randvals([2 + 3 + 4 + 5], dtype), requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    output = wp.zeros(2 + 3 + 4 + 5, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-
-    wp.launch(component_kernel, dim=1, inputs=[input], outputs=[output], device=device)
-
-    assert_np_equal(output.numpy(), 2 * input.numpy(), tol=1.0e-6)
-
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        out = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-        for i in range(len(output)):
-            tape = wp.Tape()
-            with tape:
-                wp.launch(component_kernel, dim=1, inputs=[input], outputs=[output], device=device)
-                wp.launch(output_select_kernel, dim=1, inputs=[output, i], outputs=[out], device=device)
-
-            tape.backward(loss=out)
-            expected = np.zeros_like(input.numpy())
-            expected[i] = 2
-
-            assert_np_equal(tape.gradients[input].numpy(), expected, tol=tol)
-
-            tape.reset()
-            tape.zero()
-
-
-def test_constants(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
-
-    cv2 = wp.constant(vec2(1, 2))
-    cv3 = wp.constant(vec3(1, 2, 3))
-    cv4 = wp.constant(vec4(1, 2, 3, 4))
-    cv5 = wp.constant(vec5(1, 2, 3, 4, 5))
-
-    def check_vector_constants():
-        wp.expect_eq(cv2, vec2(wptype(1), wptype(2)))
-        wp.expect_eq(cv3, vec3(wptype(1), wptype(2), wptype(3)))
-        wp.expect_eq(cv4, vec4(wptype(1), wptype(2), wptype(3), wptype(4)))
-        wp.expect_eq(cv5, vec5(wptype(1), wptype(2), wptype(3), wptype(4), wptype(5)))
-
-    kernel = getkernel(check_vector_constants, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
-
-    wp.launch(kernel, dim=1, inputs=[])
-
-
-def test_constructors(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
+        wp.launch(
+            kernel,
+            dim=1,
+            inputs=[],
+            device=device,
+        )
 
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 5.0e-3,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
 
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
+def test_anon_constructor_error_length_mismatch(test, device):
+    @wp.kernel
+    def kernel():
+        wp.vector(
+            wp.vector(length=2, dtype=float),
+            length=3,
+            dtype=float,
+        )
 
-    def check_scalar_constructor(
-        input: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v20: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v21: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v30: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v31: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v32: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v40: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v41: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v42: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v43: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v50: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v51: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v52: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v53: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v54: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
+    with test.assertRaisesRegex(
+        RuntimeError,
+        r"Incompatible vector lengths for casting copy constructor, 3 vs 2$",
     ):
-        v2result = vec2(input[0])
-        v3result = vec3(input[0])
-        v4result = vec4(input[0])
-        v5result = vec5(input[0])
-
-        v2[0] = v2result
-        v3[0] = v3result
-        v4[0] = v4result
-        v5[0] = v5result
-
-        # multiply outputs by 2 so we've got something to backpropagate
-        v20[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[0]
-        v21[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[1]
-
-        v30[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[0]
-        v31[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[1]
-        v32[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[2]
+        wp.launch(
+            kernel,
+            dim=1,
+            inputs=[],
+            device=device,
+        )
 
-        v40[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[0]
-        v41[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[1]
-        v42[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[2]
-        v43[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[3]
 
-        v50[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[0]
-        v51[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[1]
-        v52[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[2]
-        v53[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[3]
-        v54[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[4]
+def test_anon_constructor_error_numeric_arg_missing_1(test, device):
+    @wp.kernel
+    def kernel():
+        wp.vector(1.0, 2.0, length=12345)
 
-    def check_vector_constructors(
-        input: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v20: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v21: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v30: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v31: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v32: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v40: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v41: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v42: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v43: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v50: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v51: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v52: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v53: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v54: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
+    with test.assertRaisesRegex(
+        RuntimeError,
+        r"vec\(\) must have one scalar argument or the dtype keyword argument if the length keyword argument is specified, e.g.: wp.vec\(1.0, length=5\)$",
     ):
-        v2result = vec2(input[0], input[1])
-        v3result = vec3(input[2], input[3], input[4])
-        v4result = vec4(input[5], input[6], input[7], input[8])
-        v5result = vec5(input[9], input[10], input[11], input[12], input[13])
-
-        v2[0] = v2result
-        v3[0] = v3result
-        v4[0] = v4result
-        v5[0] = v5result
-
-        # multiply the output by 2 so we've got something to backpropagate:
-        v20[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[0]
-        v21[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[1]
-
-        v30[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[0]
-        v31[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[1]
-        v32[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[2]
-
-        v40[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[0]
-        v41[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[1]
-        v42[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[2]
-        v43[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[3]
-
-        v50[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[0]
-        v51[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[1]
-        v52[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[2]
-        v53[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[3]
-        v54[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[4]
-
-    vec_kernel = getkernel(check_vector_constructors, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-    kernel = getkernel(check_scalar_constructor, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
-
-    input = wp.array(randvals([1], dtype), requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v2 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=vec2, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=vec3, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=vec4, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=vec5, device=device)
-    v20 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v21 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v30 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v31 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v32 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v40 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v41 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v42 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v43 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v50 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v51 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v52 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v53 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v54 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-
-    tape = wp.Tape()
-    with tape:
         wp.launch(
             kernel,
             dim=1,
-            inputs=[input],
-            outputs=[v2, v3, v4, v5, v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54],
+            inputs=[],
             device=device,
         )
 
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        for l in [v20, v21]:
-            tape.backward(loss=l)
-            test.assertEqual(tape.gradients[input].numpy()[0], 2.0)
-            tape.zero()
-
-        for l in [v30, v31, v32]:
-            tape.backward(loss=l)
-            test.assertEqual(tape.gradients[input].numpy()[0], 2.0)
-            tape.zero()
-
-        for l in [v40, v41, v42, v43]:
-            tape.backward(loss=l)
-            test.assertEqual(tape.gradients[input].numpy()[0], 2.0)
-            tape.zero()
 
-        for l in [v50, v51, v52, v53, v54]:
-            tape.backward(loss=l)
-            test.assertEqual(tape.gradients[input].numpy()[0], 2.0)
-            tape.zero()
+def test_anon_constructor_error_numeric_arg_missing_2(test, device):
+    @wp.kernel
+    def kernel():
+        wp.vector()
 
-    val = input.numpy()[0]
-    assert_np_equal(v2.numpy()[0], np.array([val, val]), tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v3.numpy()[0], np.array([val, val, val]), tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v4.numpy()[0], np.array([val, val, val, val]), tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v5.numpy()[0], np.array([val, val, val, val, val]), tol=1.0e-6)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v20.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v21.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v30.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v31.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v32.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v40.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v41.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v42.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v43.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v50.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v51.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v52.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v53.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-    assert_np_equal(v54.numpy()[0], 2 * val, tol=1.0e-6)
-
-    input = wp.array(randvals([14], dtype), requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    tape = wp.Tape()
-    with tape:
+    with test.assertRaisesRegex(
+        RuntimeError,
+        r"vec\(\) must have at least one numeric argument, if it's length, dtype is not specified$",
+    ):
         wp.launch(
-            vec_kernel,
+            kernel,
             dim=1,
-            inputs=[input],
-            outputs=[v2, v3, v4, v5, v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54],
+            inputs=[],
             device=device,
         )
 
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        for i, l in enumerate([v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54]):
-            tape.backward(loss=l)
-            grad = tape.gradients[input].numpy()
-            expected_grad = np.zeros_like(grad)
-            expected_grad[i] = 2
-            assert_np_equal(grad, expected_grad, tol=tol)
-            tape.zero()
-
-    assert_np_equal(v2.numpy()[0, 0], input.numpy()[0], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v2.numpy()[0, 1], input.numpy()[1], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v3.numpy()[0, 0], input.numpy()[2], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v3.numpy()[0, 1], input.numpy()[3], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v3.numpy()[0, 2], input.numpy()[4], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v4.numpy()[0, 0], input.numpy()[5], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v4.numpy()[0, 1], input.numpy()[6], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v4.numpy()[0, 2], input.numpy()[7], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v4.numpy()[0, 3], input.numpy()[8], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v5.numpy()[0, 0], input.numpy()[9], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v5.numpy()[0, 1], input.numpy()[10], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v5.numpy()[0, 2], input.numpy()[11], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v5.numpy()[0, 3], input.numpy()[12], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v5.numpy()[0, 4], input.numpy()[13], tol=tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v20.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[0], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v21.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[1], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v30.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[2], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v31.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[3], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v32.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[4], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v40.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[5], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v41.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[6], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v42.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[7], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v43.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[8], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v50.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[9], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v51.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[10], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v52.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[11], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v53.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[12], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v54.numpy()[0], 2 * input.numpy()[13], tol=tol)
-
-
-def test_indexing(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
-
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 5.0e-3,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
 
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
+def test_anon_constructor_error_dtype_keyword_extraneous(test, device):
+    @wp.kernel
+    def kernel():
+        wp.vector(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, dtype=float)
 
-    def check_indexing(
-        v2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v20: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v21: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v30: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v31: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v32: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v40: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v41: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v42: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v43: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v50: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v51: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v52: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v53: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v54: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
+    with test.assertRaisesRegex(
+        RuntimeError,
+        r"vec\(\) should not have dtype specified if numeric arguments are given, the dtype will be inferred from the argument types$",
     ):
-        # multiply outputs by 2 so we've got something to backpropagate:
-        v20[0] = wptype(2) * v2[0][0]
-        v21[0] = wptype(2) * v2[0][1]
-
-        v30[0] = wptype(2) * v3[0][0]
-        v31[0] = wptype(2) * v3[0][1]
-        v32[0] = wptype(2) * v3[0][2]
-
-        v40[0] = wptype(2) * v4[0][0]
-        v41[0] = wptype(2) * v4[0][1]
-        v42[0] = wptype(2) * v4[0][2]
-        v43[0] = wptype(2) * v4[0][3]
-
-        v50[0] = wptype(2) * v5[0][0]
-        v51[0] = wptype(2) * v5[0][1]
-        v52[0] = wptype(2) * v5[0][2]
-        v53[0] = wptype(2) * v5[0][3]
-        v54[0] = wptype(2) * v5[0][4]
-
-    kernel = getkernel(check_indexing, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
-
-    v2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v20 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v21 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v30 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v31 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v32 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v40 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v41 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v42 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v43 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v50 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v51 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v52 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v53 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v54 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-
-    tape = wp.Tape()
-    with tape:
-        wp.launch(
-            kernel,
-            dim=1,
-            inputs=[v2, v3, v4, v5],
-            outputs=[v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54],
-            device=device,
-        )
-
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        for i, l in enumerate([v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54]):
-            tape.backward(loss=l)
-            allgrads = np.concatenate([tape.gradients[v].numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4, v5]])
-            expected_grads = np.zeros_like(allgrads)
-            expected_grads[i] = 2
-            assert_np_equal(allgrads, expected_grads, tol=tol)
-            tape.zero()
-
-    assert_np_equal(v20.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v2.numpy()[0, 0], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v21.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v2.numpy()[0, 1], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v30.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v3.numpy()[0, 0], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v31.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v3.numpy()[0, 1], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v32.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v3.numpy()[0, 2], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v40.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v4.numpy()[0, 0], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v41.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v4.numpy()[0, 1], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v42.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v4.numpy()[0, 2], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v43.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v4.numpy()[0, 3], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v50.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v5.numpy()[0, 0], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v51.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v5.numpy()[0, 1], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v52.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v5.numpy()[0, 2], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v53.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v5.numpy()[0, 3], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v54.numpy()[0], 2.0 * v5.numpy()[0, 4], tol=tol)
-
-
-def test_equality(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
-
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 1.0e-3,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
-
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
-
-    def check_equality(
-        v20: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v21: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v22: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v30: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v31: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v32: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v33: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v40: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v41: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v42: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v43: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v44: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v50: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v51: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v52: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v53: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v54: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v55: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-    ):
-        wp.expect_eq(v20[0], v20[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v21[0], v20[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v22[0], v20[0])
-
-        wp.expect_eq(v30[0], v30[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v31[0], v30[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v32[0], v30[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v33[0], v30[0])
-
-        wp.expect_eq(v40[0], v40[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v41[0], v40[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v42[0], v40[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v43[0], v40[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v44[0], v40[0])
-
-        wp.expect_eq(v50[0], v50[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v51[0], v50[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v52[0], v50[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v53[0], v50[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v54[0], v50[0])
-        wp.expect_neq(v55[0], v50[0])
-
-    kernel = getkernel(check_equality, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
-
-    v20 = wp.array([1.0, 2.0], dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v21 = wp.array([1.0, 3.0], dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v22 = wp.array([3.0, 2.0], dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-
-    v30 = wp.array([1.0, 2.0, 3.0], dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v31 = wp.array([-1.0, 2.0, 3.0], dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v32 = wp.array([1.0, -2.0, 3.0], dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v33 = wp.array([1.0, 2.0, -3.0], dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-
-    v40 = wp.array([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0], dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v41 = wp.array([-1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0], dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v42 = wp.array([1.0, -2.0, 3.0, 4.0], dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v43 = wp.array([1.0, 2.0, -3.0, 4.0], dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v44 = wp.array([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, -4.0], dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-
-    v50 = wp.array([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0], dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v51 = wp.array([-1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0], dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v52 = wp.array([1.0, -2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0], dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v53 = wp.array([1.0, 2.0, -3.0, 4.0, 5.0], dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v54 = wp.array([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, -4.0, 5.0], dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v55 = wp.array([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, -5.0], dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    wp.launch(
-        kernel,
-        dim=1,
-        inputs=[
-            v20,
-            v21,
-            v22,
-            v30,
-            v31,
-            v32,
-            v33,
-            v40,
-            v41,
-            v42,
-            v43,
-            v44,
-            v50,
-            v51,
-            v52,
-            v53,
-            v54,
-            v55,
-        ],
-        outputs=[],
-        device=device,
-    )
-
-
-def test_negation(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
-
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 5.0e-3,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
-
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
-
-    def check_negation(
-        v2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v2out: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v3out: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v4out: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v5out: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v20: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v21: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v30: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v31: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v32: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v40: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v41: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v42: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v43: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v50: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v51: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v52: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v53: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v54: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-    ):
-        v2result = -v2[0]
-        v3result = -v3[0]
-        v4result = -v4[0]
-        v5result = -v5[0]
-
-        v2out[0] = v2result
-        v3out[0] = v3result
-        v4out[0] = v4result
-        v5out[0] = v5result
-
-        # multiply these outputs by 2 so we've got something to backpropagate:
-        v20[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[0]
-        v21[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[1]
-
-        v30[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[0]
-        v31[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[1]
-        v32[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[2]
-
-        v40[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[0]
-        v41[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[1]
-        v42[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[2]
-        v43[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[3]
-
-        v50[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[0]
-        v51[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[1]
-        v52[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[2]
-        v53[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[3]
-        v54[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[4]
-
-    kernel = getkernel(check_negation, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
-
-    v2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5_np = randvals((1, 5), dtype)
-    v5 = wp.array(v5_np, dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-
-    v2out = wp.zeros(1, dtype=vec2, device=device)
-    v3out = wp.zeros(1, dtype=vec3, device=device)
-    v4out = wp.zeros(1, dtype=vec4, device=device)
-    v5out = wp.zeros(1, dtype=vec5, device=device)
-    v20 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v21 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v30 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v31 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v32 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v40 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v41 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v42 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v43 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v50 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v51 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v52 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v53 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v54 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-
-    tape = wp.Tape()
-    with tape:
-        wp.launch(
-            kernel,
-            dim=1,
-            inputs=[v2, v3, v4, v5],
-            outputs=[v2out, v3out, v4out, v5out, v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54],
-            device=device,
-        )
-
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        for i, l in enumerate([v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54]):
-            tape.backward(loss=l)
-            allgrads = np.concatenate([tape.gradients[v].numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4, v5]])
-            expected_grads = np.zeros_like(allgrads)
-            expected_grads[i] = -2
-            assert_np_equal(allgrads, expected_grads, tol=tol)
-            tape.zero()
-
-    assert_np_equal(v2out.numpy()[0], -v2.numpy()[0], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v3out.numpy()[0], -v3.numpy()[0], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v4out.numpy()[0], -v4.numpy()[0], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v5out.numpy()[0], -v5.numpy()[0], tol=tol)
-
-
-def test_scalar_multiplication(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
-
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 5.0e-3,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
-
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
-
-    def check_mul(
-        s: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v20: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v21: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v30: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v31: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v32: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v40: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v41: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v42: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v43: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v50: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v51: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v52: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v53: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v54: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-    ):
-        v2result = s[0] * v2[0]
-        v3result = s[0] * v3[0]
-        v4result = s[0] * v4[0]
-        v5result = s[0] * v5[0]
-
-        # multiply outputs by 2 so we've got something to backpropagate:
-        v20[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[0]
-        v21[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[1]
-
-        v30[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[0]
-        v31[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[1]
-        v32[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[2]
-
-        v40[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[0]
-        v41[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[1]
-        v42[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[2]
-        v43[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[3]
-
-        v50[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[0]
-        v51[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[1]
-        v52[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[2]
-        v53[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[3]
-        v54[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[4]
-
-    kernel = getkernel(check_mul, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
-
-    s = wp.array(randvals([1], dtype), requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v20 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v21 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v30 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v31 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v32 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v40 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v41 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v42 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v43 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v50 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v51 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v52 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v53 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v54 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    tape = wp.Tape()
-    with tape:
-        wp.launch(
-            kernel,
-            dim=1,
-            inputs=[
-                s,
-                v2,
-                v3,
-                v4,
-                v5,
-            ],
-            outputs=[v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54],
-            device=device,
-        )
-
-    assert_np_equal(v20.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v2.numpy()[0, 0], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v21.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v2.numpy()[0, 1], tol=tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v30.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v3.numpy()[0, 0], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v31.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v3.numpy()[0, 1], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v32.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v3.numpy()[0, 2], tol=10 * tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v40.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v4.numpy()[0, 0], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v41.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v4.numpy()[0, 1], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v42.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v4.numpy()[0, 2], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v43.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v4.numpy()[0, 3], tol=10 * tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v50.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v5.numpy()[0, 0], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v51.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v5.numpy()[0, 1], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v52.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v5.numpy()[0, 2], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v53.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v5.numpy()[0, 3], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v54.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v5.numpy()[0, 4], tol=10 * tol)
-
-    incmps = np.concatenate([v.numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4, v5]])
-
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        for i, l in enumerate([v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43]):
-            tape.backward(loss=l)
-            sgrad = tape.gradients[s].numpy()[0]
-            assert_np_equal(sgrad, 2 * incmps[i], tol=10 * tol)
-            allgrads = np.concatenate([tape.gradients[v].numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4]])
-            expected_grads = np.zeros_like(allgrads)
-            expected_grads[i] = s.numpy()[0] * 2
-            assert_np_equal(allgrads, expected_grads, tol=10 * tol)
-            tape.zero()
-
-
-def test_scalar_multiplication_rightmul(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
-
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 5.0e-3,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
-
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
-
-    def check_rightmul(
-        s: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v20: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v21: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v30: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v31: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v32: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v40: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v41: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v42: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v43: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v50: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v51: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v52: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v53: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v54: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-    ):
-        v2result = v2[0] * s[0]
-        v3result = v3[0] * s[0]
-        v4result = v4[0] * s[0]
-        v5result = v5[0] * s[0]
-
-        # multiply outputs by 2 so we've got something to backpropagate:
-        v20[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[0]
-        v21[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[1]
-
-        v30[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[0]
-        v31[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[1]
-        v32[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[2]
-
-        v40[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[0]
-        v41[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[1]
-        v42[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[2]
-        v43[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[3]
-
-        v50[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[0]
-        v51[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[1]
-        v52[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[2]
-        v53[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[3]
-        v54[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[4]
-
-    kernel = getkernel(check_rightmul, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
-
-    s = wp.array(randvals([1], dtype), requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v20 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v21 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v30 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v31 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v32 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v40 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v41 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v42 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v43 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v50 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v51 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v52 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v53 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v54 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    tape = wp.Tape()
-    with tape:
-        wp.launch(
-            kernel,
-            dim=1,
-            inputs=[
-                s,
-                v2,
-                v3,
-                v4,
-                v5,
-            ],
-            outputs=[v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54],
-            device=device,
-        )
-
-    assert_np_equal(v20.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v2.numpy()[0, 0], tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v21.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v2.numpy()[0, 1], tol=tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v30.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v3.numpy()[0, 0], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v31.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v3.numpy()[0, 1], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v32.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v3.numpy()[0, 2], tol=10 * tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v40.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v4.numpy()[0, 0], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v41.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v4.numpy()[0, 1], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v42.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v4.numpy()[0, 2], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v43.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v4.numpy()[0, 3], tol=10 * tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v50.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v5.numpy()[0, 0], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v51.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v5.numpy()[0, 1], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v52.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v5.numpy()[0, 2], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v53.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v5.numpy()[0, 3], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v54.numpy()[0], 2 * s.numpy()[0] * v5.numpy()[0, 4], tol=10 * tol)
-
-    incmps = np.concatenate([v.numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4, v5]])
-
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        for i, l in enumerate([v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43]):
-            tape.backward(loss=l)
-            sgrad = tape.gradients[s].numpy()[0]
-            assert_np_equal(sgrad, 2 * incmps[i], tol=10 * tol)
-            allgrads = np.concatenate([tape.gradients[v].numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4]])
-            expected_grads = np.zeros_like(allgrads)
-            expected_grads[i] = s.numpy()[0] * 2
-            assert_np_equal(allgrads, expected_grads, tol=10 * tol)
-            tape.zero()
-
-
-def test_cw_multiplication(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
-
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 5.0e-3,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
-
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
-
-    def check_cw_mul(
-        s2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        s3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        s4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        s5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v20: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v21: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v30: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v31: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v32: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v40: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v41: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v42: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v43: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v50: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v51: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v52: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v53: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v54: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-    ):
-        v2result = wp.cw_mul(s2[0], v2[0])
-        v3result = wp.cw_mul(s3[0], v3[0])
-        v4result = wp.cw_mul(s4[0], v4[0])
-        v5result = wp.cw_mul(s5[0], v5[0])
-
-        v20[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[0]
-        v21[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[1]
-
-        v30[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[0]
-        v31[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[1]
-        v32[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[2]
-
-        v40[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[0]
-        v41[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[1]
-        v42[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[2]
-        v43[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[3]
-
-        v50[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[0]
-        v51[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[1]
-        v52[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[2]
-        v53[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[3]
-        v54[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[4]
-
-    kernel = getkernel(check_cw_mul, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
-
-    s2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v20 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v21 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v30 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v31 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v32 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v40 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v41 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v42 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v43 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v50 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v51 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v52 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v53 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v54 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    tape = wp.Tape()
-    with tape:
-        wp.launch(
-            kernel,
-            dim=1,
-            inputs=[
-                s2,
-                s3,
-                s4,
-                s5,
-                v2,
-                v3,
-                v4,
-                v5,
-            ],
-            outputs=[v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54],
-            device=device,
-        )
-
-    assert_np_equal(v20.numpy()[0], 2 * s2.numpy()[0, 0] * v2.numpy()[0, 0], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v21.numpy()[0], 2 * s2.numpy()[0, 1] * v2.numpy()[0, 1], tol=10 * tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v30.numpy()[0], 2 * s3.numpy()[0, 0] * v3.numpy()[0, 0], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v31.numpy()[0], 2 * s3.numpy()[0, 1] * v3.numpy()[0, 1], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v32.numpy()[0], 2 * s3.numpy()[0, 2] * v3.numpy()[0, 2], tol=10 * tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v40.numpy()[0], 2 * s4.numpy()[0, 0] * v4.numpy()[0, 0], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v41.numpy()[0], 2 * s4.numpy()[0, 1] * v4.numpy()[0, 1], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v42.numpy()[0], 2 * s4.numpy()[0, 2] * v4.numpy()[0, 2], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v43.numpy()[0], 2 * s4.numpy()[0, 3] * v4.numpy()[0, 3], tol=10 * tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v50.numpy()[0], 2 * s5.numpy()[0, 0] * v5.numpy()[0, 0], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v51.numpy()[0], 2 * s5.numpy()[0, 1] * v5.numpy()[0, 1], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v52.numpy()[0], 2 * s5.numpy()[0, 2] * v5.numpy()[0, 2], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v53.numpy()[0], 2 * s5.numpy()[0, 3] * v5.numpy()[0, 3], tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v54.numpy()[0], 2 * s5.numpy()[0, 4] * v5.numpy()[0, 4], tol=10 * tol)
-
-    incmps = np.concatenate([v.numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4, v5]])
-    scmps = np.concatenate([v.numpy()[0] for v in [s2, s3, s4, s5]])
-
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        for i, l in enumerate([v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54]):
-            tape.backward(loss=l)
-            sgrads = np.concatenate([tape.gradients[v].numpy()[0] for v in [s2, s3, s4, s5]])
-            expected_grads = np.zeros_like(sgrads)
-            expected_grads[i] = incmps[i] * 2
-            assert_np_equal(sgrads, expected_grads, tol=10 * tol)
-
-            allgrads = np.concatenate([tape.gradients[v].numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4, v5]])
-            expected_grads = np.zeros_like(allgrads)
-            expected_grads[i] = scmps[i] * 2
-            assert_np_equal(allgrads, expected_grads, tol=10 * tol)
-
-            tape.zero()
-
-
-def test_scalar_division(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
-
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 5.0e-3,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
-
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
-
-    def check_div(
-        s: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v20: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v21: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v30: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v31: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v32: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v40: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v41: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v42: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v43: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v50: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v51: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v52: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v53: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v54: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-    ):
-        v2result = v2[0] / s[0]
-        v3result = v3[0] / s[0]
-        v4result = v4[0] / s[0]
-        v5result = v5[0] / s[0]
-
-        v20[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[0]
-        v21[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[1]
-
-        v30[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[0]
-        v31[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[1]
-        v32[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[2]
-
-        v40[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[0]
-        v41[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[1]
-        v42[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[2]
-        v43[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[3]
-
-        v50[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[0]
-        v51[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[1]
-        v52[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[2]
-        v53[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[3]
-        v54[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[4]
-
-    kernel = getkernel(check_div, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
-
-    s = wp.array(randvals([1], dtype), requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v20 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v21 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v30 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v31 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v32 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v40 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v41 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v42 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v43 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v50 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v51 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v52 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v53 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v54 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    tape = wp.Tape()
-    with tape:
         wp.launch(
             kernel,
             dim=1,
-            inputs=[
-                s,
-                v2,
-                v3,
-                v4,
-                v5,
-            ],
-            outputs=[v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54],
+            inputs=[],
             device=device,
-        )
-
-    if dtype in np_int_types:
-        assert_np_equal(v20.numpy()[0], 2 * (v2.numpy()[0, 0] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v21.numpy()[0], 2 * (v2.numpy()[0, 1] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=tol)
-
-        assert_np_equal(v30.numpy()[0], 2 * (v3.numpy()[0, 0] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v31.numpy()[0], 2 * (v3.numpy()[0, 1] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v32.numpy()[0], 2 * (v3.numpy()[0, 2] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=10 * tol)
-
-        assert_np_equal(v40.numpy()[0], 2 * (v4.numpy()[0, 0] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v41.numpy()[0], 2 * (v4.numpy()[0, 1] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v42.numpy()[0], 2 * (v4.numpy()[0, 2] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v43.numpy()[0], 2 * (v4.numpy()[0, 3] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=10 * tol)
-
-        assert_np_equal(v50.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 0] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v51.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 1] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v52.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 2] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v53.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 3] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v54.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 4] // (s.numpy()[0])), tol=10 * tol)
-
-    else:
-        assert_np_equal(v20.numpy()[0], 2 * v2.numpy()[0, 0] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v21.numpy()[0], 2 * v2.numpy()[0, 1] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=tol)
-
-        assert_np_equal(v30.numpy()[0], 2 * v3.numpy()[0, 0] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v31.numpy()[0], 2 * v3.numpy()[0, 1] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v32.numpy()[0], 2 * v3.numpy()[0, 2] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-
-        assert_np_equal(v40.numpy()[0], 2 * v4.numpy()[0, 0] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v41.numpy()[0], 2 * v4.numpy()[0, 1] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v42.numpy()[0], 2 * v4.numpy()[0, 2] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v43.numpy()[0], 2 * v4.numpy()[0, 3] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-
-        assert_np_equal(v50.numpy()[0], 2 * v5.numpy()[0, 0] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v51.numpy()[0], 2 * v5.numpy()[0, 1] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v52.numpy()[0], 2 * v5.numpy()[0, 2] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v53.numpy()[0], 2 * v5.numpy()[0, 3] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v54.numpy()[0], 2 * v5.numpy()[0, 4] / (s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-
-    incmps = np.concatenate([v.numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4, v5]])
-
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        for i, l in enumerate([v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54]):
-            tape.backward(loss=l)
-            sgrad = tape.gradients[s].numpy()[0]
-
-            # d/ds v/s = -v/s^2
-            assert_np_equal(sgrad, -2 * incmps[i] / (s.numpy()[0] * s.numpy()[0]), tol=10 * tol)
-
-            allgrads = np.concatenate([tape.gradients[v].numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4, v5]])
-            expected_grads = np.zeros_like(allgrads)
-            expected_grads[i] = 2 / s.numpy()[0]
-
-            # d/dv v/s = 1/s
-            assert_np_equal(allgrads, expected_grads, tol=tol)
-            tape.zero()
-
-
-def test_cw_division(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
-
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 1.0e-2,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
-
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
-
-    def check_cw_div(
-        s2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        s3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        s4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        s5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v20: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v21: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v30: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v31: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v32: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v40: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v41: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v42: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v43: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v50: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v51: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v52: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v53: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        v54: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-    ):
-        v2result = wp.cw_div(v2[0], s2[0])
-        v3result = wp.cw_div(v3[0], s3[0])
-        v4result = wp.cw_div(v4[0], s4[0])
-        v5result = wp.cw_div(v5[0], s5[0])
-
-        v20[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[0]
-        v21[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[1]
-
-        v30[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[0]
-        v31[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[1]
-        v32[0] = wptype(2) * v3result[2]
+        )
 
-        v40[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[0]
-        v41[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[1]
-        v42[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[2]
-        v43[0] = wptype(2) * v4result[3]
 
-        v50[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[0]
-        v51[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[1]
-        v52[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[2]
-        v53[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[3]
-        v54[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[4]
+def test_anon_constructor_error_numeric_args_mismatch(test, device):
+    @wp.kernel
+    def kernel():
+        wp.vector(1.0, 2)
 
-    kernel = getkernel(check_cw_div, suffix=dtype.__name__)
+    with test.assertRaisesRegex(
+        RuntimeError,
+        r"All numeric arguments to vec\(\) constructor should have the same "
+        r"type, expected 2 arg_types of type <class 'warp.types.float32'>, "
+        r"received <class 'warp.types.float32'>,<class 'warp.types.int32'>$",
+    ):
+        wp.launch(
+            kernel,
+            dim=1,
+            inputs=[],
+            device=device,
+        )
 
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
 
-    s2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v20 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v21 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v30 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v31 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v32 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v40 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v41 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v42 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v43 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v50 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v51 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v52 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v53 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v54 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    tape = wp.Tape()
-    with tape:
+def test_tpl_constructor_error_incompatible_sizes(test, device):
+    @wp.kernel
+    def kernel():
+        wp.vec3(wp.vec2(1.0, 2.0))
+
+    with test.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, r"Incompatible matrix sizes for casting copy constructor, 3 vs 2"):
         wp.launch(
             kernel,
             dim=1,
-            inputs=[
-                s2,
-                s3,
-                s4,
-                s5,
-                v2,
-                v3,
-                v4,
-                v5,
-            ],
-            outputs=[v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54],
+            inputs=[],
             device=device,
         )
 
-    if dtype in np_int_types:
-        assert_np_equal(v20.numpy()[0], 2 * (v2.numpy()[0, 0] // s2.numpy()[0, 0]), tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v21.numpy()[0], 2 * (v2.numpy()[0, 1] // s2.numpy()[0, 1]), tol=tol)
-
-        assert_np_equal(v30.numpy()[0], 2 * (v3.numpy()[0, 0] // s3.numpy()[0, 0]), tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v31.numpy()[0], 2 * (v3.numpy()[0, 1] // s3.numpy()[0, 1]), tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v32.numpy()[0], 2 * (v3.numpy()[0, 2] // s3.numpy()[0, 2]), tol=tol)
-
-        assert_np_equal(v40.numpy()[0], 2 * (v4.numpy()[0, 0] // s4.numpy()[0, 0]), tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v41.numpy()[0], 2 * (v4.numpy()[0, 1] // s4.numpy()[0, 1]), tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v42.numpy()[0], 2 * (v4.numpy()[0, 2] // s4.numpy()[0, 2]), tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v43.numpy()[0], 2 * (v4.numpy()[0, 3] // s4.numpy()[0, 3]), tol=tol)
-
-        assert_np_equal(v50.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 0] // s5.numpy()[0, 0]), tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v51.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 1] // s5.numpy()[0, 1]), tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v52.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 2] // s5.numpy()[0, 2]), tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v53.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 3] // s5.numpy()[0, 3]), tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v54.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 4] // s5.numpy()[0, 4]), tol=tol)
-    else:
-        assert_np_equal(v20.numpy()[0], 2 * v2.numpy()[0, 0] / s2.numpy()[0, 0], tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v21.numpy()[0], 2 * v2.numpy()[0, 1] / s2.numpy()[0, 1], tol=tol)
-
-        assert_np_equal(v30.numpy()[0], 2 * v3.numpy()[0, 0] / s3.numpy()[0, 0], tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v31.numpy()[0], 2 * v3.numpy()[0, 1] / s3.numpy()[0, 1], tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v32.numpy()[0], 2 * v3.numpy()[0, 2] / s3.numpy()[0, 2], tol=tol)
-
-        assert_np_equal(v40.numpy()[0], 2 * v4.numpy()[0, 0] / s4.numpy()[0, 0], tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v41.numpy()[0], 2 * v4.numpy()[0, 1] / s4.numpy()[0, 1], tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v42.numpy()[0], 2 * v4.numpy()[0, 2] / s4.numpy()[0, 2], tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v43.numpy()[0], 2 * v4.numpy()[0, 3] / s4.numpy()[0, 3], tol=tol)
-
-        assert_np_equal(v50.numpy()[0], 2 * v5.numpy()[0, 0] / s5.numpy()[0, 0], tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v51.numpy()[0], 2 * v5.numpy()[0, 1] / s5.numpy()[0, 1], tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v52.numpy()[0], 2 * v5.numpy()[0, 2] / s5.numpy()[0, 2], tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v53.numpy()[0], 2 * v5.numpy()[0, 3] / s5.numpy()[0, 3], tol=tol)
-        assert_np_equal(v54.numpy()[0], 2 * v5.numpy()[0, 4] / s5.numpy()[0, 4], tol=tol)
 
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        incmps = np.concatenate([v.numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4, v5]])
-        scmps = np.concatenate([v.numpy()[0] for v in [s2, s3, s4, s5]])
+def test_tpl_constructor_error_numeric_args_mismatch(test, device):
+    @wp.kernel
+    def kernel():
+        wp.vec2(1.0, 2)
 
-        for i, l in enumerate([v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54]):
-            tape.backward(loss=l)
-            sgrads = np.concatenate([tape.gradients[v].numpy()[0] for v in [s2, s3, s4, s5]])
-            expected_grads = np.zeros_like(sgrads)
+    with test.assertRaisesRegex(
+        RuntimeError,
+        r"All numeric arguments to vec\(\) constructor should have the same "
+        r"type, expected 2 arg_types of type <class 'warp.types.float32'>, "
+        r"received <class 'warp.types.float32'>,<class 'warp.types.int32'>$",
+    ):
+        wp.launch(
+            kernel,
+            dim=1,
+            inputs=[],
+            device=device,
+        )
 
-            # d/ds v/s = -v/s^2
-            expected_grads[i] = -incmps[i] * 2 / (scmps[i] * scmps[i])
-            assert_np_equal(sgrads, expected_grads, tol=20 * tol)
 
-            allgrads = np.concatenate([tape.gradients[v].numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4, v5]])
-            expected_grads = np.zeros_like(allgrads)
+def test_tpl_ops_with_anon(test, device):
+    vec3i = wp.vec(3, dtype=int)
 
-            # d/dv v/s = 1/s
-            expected_grads[i] = 2 / scmps[i]
-            assert_np_equal(allgrads, expected_grads, tol=tol)
+    v = wp.vec3i(1, 2, 3)
+    v += vec3i(2, 3, 4)
+    v -= vec3i(3, 4, 5)
+    test.assertSequenceEqual(v, (0, 1, 2))
 
-            tape.zero()
+    v = vec3i(1, 2, 3)
+    v += wp.vec3i(2, 3, 4)
+    v -= wp.vec3i(3, 4, 5)
+    test.assertSequenceEqual(v, (0, 1, 2))
 
 
-def test_addition(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
+def test_negation(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(123)
 
     tol = {
         np.float16: 5.0e-3,
@@ -1607,15 +221,15 @@ def test_addition(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
     vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
     vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
 
-    def check_add(
-        s2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        s3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        s4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        s5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
+    def check_negation(
         v2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
         v3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
         v4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
         v5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
+        v2out: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
+        v3out: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
+        v4out: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
+        v5out: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
         v20: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
         v21: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
         v30: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
@@ -1631,11 +245,17 @@ def test_addition(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
         v53: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
         v54: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
     ):
-        v2result = v2[0] + s2[0]
-        v3result = v3[0] + s3[0]
-        v4result = v4[0] + s4[0]
-        v5result = v5[0] + s5[0]
+        v2result = -v2[0]
+        v3result = -v3[0]
+        v4result = -v4[0]
+        v5result = -v5[0]
+
+        v2out[0] = v2result
+        v3out[0] = v3result
+        v4out[0] = v4result
+        v5out[0] = v5result
 
+        # multiply these outputs by 2 so we've got something to backpropagate:
         v20[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[0]
         v21[0] = wptype(2) * v2result[1]
 
@@ -1654,19 +274,21 @@ def test_addition(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
         v53[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[3]
         v54[0] = wptype(2) * v5result[4]
 
-    kernel = getkernel(check_add, suffix=dtype.__name__)
+    kernel = getkernel(check_negation, suffix=dtype.__name__)
 
     if register_kernels:
         return
 
-    s2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v2 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v3 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v4 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v5_np = randvals(rng, (1, 5), dtype)
+    v5 = wp.array(v5_np, dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+
+    v2out = wp.zeros(1, dtype=vec2, device=device)
+    v3out = wp.zeros(1, dtype=vec3, device=device)
+    v4out = wp.zeros(1, dtype=vec4, device=device)
+    v5out = wp.zeros(1, dtype=vec5, device=device)
     v20 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
     v21 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
     v30 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
@@ -1681,67 +303,33 @@ def test_addition(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
     v52 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
     v53 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
     v54 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+
     tape = wp.Tape()
     with tape:
         wp.launch(
             kernel,
             dim=1,
-            inputs=[
-                s2,
-                s3,
-                s4,
-                s5,
-                v2,
-                v3,
-                v4,
-                v5,
-            ],
-            outputs=[v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54],
+            inputs=[v2, v3, v4, v5],
+            outputs=[v2out, v3out, v4out, v5out, v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54],
             device=device,
         )
 
-    assert_np_equal(v20.numpy()[0], 2 * (v2.numpy()[0, 0] + s2.numpy()[0, 0]), tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v21.numpy()[0], 2 * (v2.numpy()[0, 1] + s2.numpy()[0, 1]), tol=tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v30.numpy()[0], 2 * (v3.numpy()[0, 0] + s3.numpy()[0, 0]), tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v31.numpy()[0], 2 * (v3.numpy()[0, 1] + s3.numpy()[0, 1]), tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v32.numpy()[0], 2 * (v3.numpy()[0, 2] + s3.numpy()[0, 2]), tol=tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v40.numpy()[0], 2 * (v4.numpy()[0, 0] + s4.numpy()[0, 0]), tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v41.numpy()[0], 2 * (v4.numpy()[0, 1] + s4.numpy()[0, 1]), tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v42.numpy()[0], 2 * (v4.numpy()[0, 2] + s4.numpy()[0, 2]), tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v43.numpy()[0], 2 * (v4.numpy()[0, 3] + s4.numpy()[0, 3]), tol=tol)
-
-    assert_np_equal(v50.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 0] + s5.numpy()[0, 0]), tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v51.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 1] + s5.numpy()[0, 1]), tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v52.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 2] + s5.numpy()[0, 2]), tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v53.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 3] + s5.numpy()[0, 3]), tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(v54.numpy()[0], 2 * (v5.numpy()[0, 4] + s5.numpy()[0, 4]), tol=2 * tol)
-
     if dtype in np_float_types:
         for i, l in enumerate([v20, v21, v30, v31, v32, v40, v41, v42, v43, v50, v51, v52, v53, v54]):
             tape.backward(loss=l)
-            sgrads = np.concatenate([tape.gradients[v].numpy()[0] for v in [s2, s3, s4, s5]])
-            expected_grads = np.zeros_like(sgrads)
-
-            expected_grads[i] = 2
-            assert_np_equal(sgrads, expected_grads, tol=10 * tol)
-
             allgrads = np.concatenate([tape.gradients[v].numpy()[0] for v in [v2, v3, v4, v5]])
+            expected_grads = np.zeros_like(allgrads)
+            expected_grads[i] = -2
             assert_np_equal(allgrads, expected_grads, tol=tol)
-
             tape.zero()
 
+    assert_np_equal(v2out.numpy()[0], -v2.numpy()[0], tol=tol)
+    assert_np_equal(v3out.numpy()[0], -v3.numpy()[0], tol=tol)
+    assert_np_equal(v4out.numpy()[0], -v4.numpy()[0], tol=tol)
+    assert_np_equal(v5out.numpy()[0], -v5.numpy()[0], tol=tol)
 
-def test_subtraction_unsigned(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
-
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 1.0e-3,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
 
+def test_subtraction_unsigned(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
     wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
     vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
     vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
@@ -1790,7 +378,7 @@ def test_subtraction_unsigned(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
 
 
 def test_subtraction(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(123)
 
     tol = {
         np.float16: 5.0e-3,
@@ -1857,14 +445,14 @@ def test_subtraction(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
     if register_kernels:
         return
 
-    s2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    s2 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    s3 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    s4 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    s5 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v2 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v3 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v4 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v5 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
     v20 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
     v21 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
     v30 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
@@ -1935,129 +523,8 @@ def test_subtraction(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
             tape.zero()
 
 
-def test_dotproduct(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
-
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 1.0e-2,
-        np.float32: 1.0e-6,
-        np.float64: 1.0e-8,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
-
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
-
-    def check_dot(
-        s2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        s3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        s4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        s5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        v2: wp.array(dtype=vec2),
-        v3: wp.array(dtype=vec3),
-        v4: wp.array(dtype=vec4),
-        v5: wp.array(dtype=vec5),
-        dot2: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        dot3: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        dot4: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-        dot5: wp.array(dtype=wptype),
-    ):
-        dot2[0] = wptype(2) * wp.dot(v2[0], s2[0])
-        dot3[0] = wptype(2) * wp.dot(v3[0], s3[0])
-        dot4[0] = wptype(2) * wp.dot(v4[0], s4[0])
-        dot5[0] = wptype(2) * wp.dot(v5[0], s5[0])
-
-    kernel = getkernel(check_dot, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
-
-    s2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    s5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    dot2 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    dot3 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    dot4 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    dot5 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    tape = wp.Tape()
-    with tape:
-        wp.launch(
-            kernel,
-            dim=1,
-            inputs=[
-                s2,
-                s3,
-                s4,
-                s5,
-                v2,
-                v3,
-                v4,
-                v5,
-            ],
-            outputs=[dot2, dot3, dot4, dot5],
-            device=device,
-        )
-
-    assert_np_equal(dot2.numpy()[0], 2.0 * (v2.numpy() * s2.numpy()).sum(), tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(dot3.numpy()[0], 2.0 * (v3.numpy() * s3.numpy()).sum(), tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(dot4.numpy()[0], 2.0 * (v4.numpy() * s4.numpy()).sum(), tol=10 * tol)
-    assert_np_equal(dot5.numpy()[0], 2.0 * (v5.numpy() * s5.numpy()).sum(), tol=10 * tol)
-
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        tape.backward(loss=dot2)
-        sgrads = tape.gradients[s2].numpy()[0]
-        expected_grads = 2.0 * v2.numpy()[0]
-        assert_np_equal(sgrads, expected_grads, tol=10 * tol)
-
-        vgrads = tape.gradients[v2].numpy()[0]
-        expected_grads = 2.0 * s2.numpy()[0]
-        assert_np_equal(vgrads, expected_grads, tol=tol)
-
-        tape.zero()
-
-        tape.backward(loss=dot3)
-        sgrads = tape.gradients[s3].numpy()[0]
-        expected_grads = 2.0 * v3.numpy()[0]
-        assert_np_equal(sgrads, expected_grads, tol=10 * tol)
-
-        vgrads = tape.gradients[v3].numpy()[0]
-        expected_grads = 2.0 * s3.numpy()[0]
-        assert_np_equal(vgrads, expected_grads, tol=tol)
-
-        tape.zero()
-
-        tape.backward(loss=dot4)
-        sgrads = tape.gradients[s4].numpy()[0]
-        expected_grads = 2.0 * v4.numpy()[0]
-        assert_np_equal(sgrads, expected_grads, tol=10 * tol)
-
-        vgrads = tape.gradients[v4].numpy()[0]
-        expected_grads = 2.0 * s4.numpy()[0]
-        assert_np_equal(vgrads, expected_grads, tol=tol)
-
-        tape.zero()
-
-        tape.backward(loss=dot5)
-        sgrads = tape.gradients[s5].numpy()[0]
-        expected_grads = 2.0 * v5.numpy()[0]
-        assert_np_equal(sgrads, expected_grads, tol=10 * tol)
-
-        vgrads = tape.gradients[v5].numpy()[0]
-        expected_grads = 2.0 * s5.numpy()[0]
-        assert_np_equal(vgrads, expected_grads, tol=10 * tol)
-
-        tape.zero()
-
-
 def test_length(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(123)
 
     tol = {
         np.float16: 5.0e-3,
@@ -2100,10 +567,10 @@ def test_length(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
     if register_kernels:
         return
 
-    v2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v2 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v3 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v4 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v5 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
 
     l2 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
     l3 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
@@ -2190,7 +657,7 @@ def test_length(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
 
 
 def test_normalize(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(123)
 
     tol = {
         np.float16: 5.0e-3,
@@ -2298,10 +765,10 @@ def test_normalize(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
 
     # I've already tested the things I'm using in check_normalize_alt, so I'll just
     # make sure the two are giving the same results/gradients
-    v2 = wp.array(randvals((1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v4 = wp.array(randvals((1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v5 = wp.array(randvals((1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v2 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 2), dtype), dtype=vec2, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v3 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v4 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 4), dtype), dtype=vec4, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v5 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 5), dtype), dtype=vec5, requires_grad=True, device=device)
 
     n20 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
     n21 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
@@ -2423,7 +890,7 @@ def test_normalize(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
 
 
 def test_crossproduct(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(123)
 
     tol = {
         np.float16: 5.0e-3,
@@ -2453,8 +920,8 @@ def test_crossproduct(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
     if register_kernels:
         return
 
-    s3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    v3 = wp.array(randvals((1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    s3 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    v3 = wp.array(randvals(rng, (1, 3), dtype), dtype=vec3, requires_grad=True, device=device)
     c0 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
     c1 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
     c2 = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
@@ -2517,216 +984,115 @@ def test_crossproduct(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
         tape.zero()
 
 
-def test_minmax(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    np.random.seed(123)
+def test_casting_constructors(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
+    np_type = np.dtype(dtype)
+    wp_type = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np_type]
+    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wp_type)
 
-    # \TODO: not quite sure why, but the numbers are off for 16 bit float
-    # on the cpu (but not cuda). This is probably just the sketchy float16
-    # arithmetic I implemented to get all this stuff working, so
-    # hopefully that can be fixed when we do that correctly.
-    tol = {
-        np.float16: 1.0e-2,
-    }.get(dtype, 0)
+    np16 = np.dtype(np.float16)
+    wp16 = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np16]
 
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
+    np32 = np.dtype(np.float32)
+    wp32 = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np32]
 
-    # \TODO: Also not quite sure why: this kernel compiles incredibly
-    # slowly though...
-    def check_vec_min_max(
-        a: wp.array(dtype=wptype, ndim=2),
-        b: wp.array(dtype=wptype, ndim=2),
-        mins: wp.array(dtype=wptype, ndim=2),
-        maxs: wp.array(dtype=wptype, ndim=2),
-    ):
-        for i in range(10):
-            # multiplying by 2 so we've got something to backpropagate:
-            a2read = vec2(a[i, 0], a[i, 1])
-            b2read = vec2(b[i, 0], b[i, 1])
-            c2 = wptype(2) * wp.min(a2read, b2read)
-            d2 = wptype(2) * wp.max(a2read, b2read)
-
-            a3read = vec3(a[i, 2], a[i, 3], a[i, 4])
-            b3read = vec3(b[i, 2], b[i, 3], b[i, 4])
-            c3 = wptype(2) * wp.min(a3read, b3read)
-            d3 = wptype(2) * wp.max(a3read, b3read)
-
-            a4read = vec4(a[i, 5], a[i, 6], a[i, 7], a[i, 8])
-            b4read = vec4(b[i, 5], b[i, 6], b[i, 7], b[i, 8])
-            c4 = wptype(2) * wp.min(a4read, b4read)
-            d4 = wptype(2) * wp.max(a4read, b4read)
-
-            a5read = vec5(a[i, 9], a[i, 10], a[i, 11], a[i, 12], a[i, 13])
-            b5read = vec5(b[i, 9], b[i, 10], b[i, 11], b[i, 12], b[i, 13])
-            c5 = wptype(2) * wp.min(a5read, b5read)
-            d5 = wptype(2) * wp.max(a5read, b5read)
-
-            mins[i, 0] = c2[0]
-            mins[i, 1] = c2[1]
-
-            mins[i, 2] = c3[0]
-            mins[i, 3] = c3[1]
-            mins[i, 4] = c3[2]
-
-            mins[i, 5] = c4[0]
-            mins[i, 6] = c4[1]
-            mins[i, 7] = c4[2]
-            mins[i, 8] = c4[3]
-
-            mins[i, 9] = c5[0]
-            mins[i, 10] = c5[1]
-            mins[i, 11] = c5[2]
-            mins[i, 12] = c5[3]
-            mins[i, 13] = c5[4]
-
-            maxs[i, 0] = d2[0]
-            maxs[i, 1] = d2[1]
-
-            maxs[i, 2] = d3[0]
-            maxs[i, 3] = d3[1]
-            maxs[i, 4] = d3[2]
-
-            maxs[i, 5] = d4[0]
-            maxs[i, 6] = d4[1]
-            maxs[i, 7] = d4[2]
-            maxs[i, 8] = d4[3]
-
-            maxs[i, 9] = d5[0]
-            maxs[i, 10] = d5[1]
-            maxs[i, 11] = d5[2]
-            maxs[i, 12] = d5[3]
-            maxs[i, 13] = d5[4]
-
-    kernel = getkernel(check_vec_min_max, suffix=dtype.__name__)
-    output_select_kernel = get_select_kernel2(wptype)
+    np64 = np.dtype(np.float64)
+    wp64 = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np64]
 
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
+    def cast_float16(a: wp.array(dtype=wp_type, ndim=2), b: wp.array(dtype=wp16, ndim=2)):
+        tid = wp.tid()
 
-    a = wp.array(randvals((10, 14), dtype), dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    b = wp.array(randvals((10, 14), dtype), dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+        v1 = vec3(a[tid, 0], a[tid, 1], a[tid, 2])
+        v2 = wp.vector(v1, dtype=wp16)
 
-    mins = wp.zeros((10, 14), dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    maxs = wp.zeros((10, 14), dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+        b[tid, 0] = v2[0]
+        b[tid, 1] = v2[1]
+        b[tid, 2] = v2[2]
 
-    tape = wp.Tape()
-    with tape:
-        wp.launch(kernel, dim=1, inputs=[a, b], outputs=[mins, maxs], device=device)
+    def cast_float32(a: wp.array(dtype=wp_type, ndim=2), b: wp.array(dtype=wp32, ndim=2)):
+        tid = wp.tid()
 
-    assert_np_equal(mins.numpy(), 2 * np.minimum(a.numpy(), b.numpy()), tol=tol)
-    assert_np_equal(maxs.numpy(), 2 * np.maximum(a.numpy(), b.numpy()), tol=tol)
+        v1 = vec3(a[tid, 0], a[tid, 1], a[tid, 2])
+        v2 = wp.vector(v1, dtype=wp32)
 
-    out = wp.zeros(1, dtype=wptype, requires_grad=True, device=device)
-    if dtype in np_float_types:
-        for i in range(10):
-            for j in range(14):
-                tape = wp.Tape()
-                with tape:
-                    wp.launch(kernel, dim=1, inputs=[a, b], outputs=[mins, maxs], device=device)
-                    wp.launch(output_select_kernel, dim=1, inputs=[mins, i, j], outputs=[out], device=device)
-
-                tape.backward(loss=out)
-                expected = np.zeros_like(a.numpy())
-                expected[i, j] = 2 if (a.numpy()[i, j] < b.numpy()[i, j]) else 0
-                assert_np_equal(tape.gradients[a].numpy(), expected, tol=tol)
-                expected[i, j] = 2 if (b.numpy()[i, j] < a.numpy()[i, j]) else 0
-                assert_np_equal(tape.gradients[b].numpy(), expected, tol=tol)
-                tape.zero()
-
-                tape = wp.Tape()
-                with tape:
-                    wp.launch(kernel, dim=1, inputs=[a, b], outputs=[mins, maxs], device=device)
-                    wp.launch(output_select_kernel, dim=1, inputs=[maxs, i, j], outputs=[out], device=device)
-
-                tape.backward(loss=out)
-                expected = np.zeros_like(a.numpy())
-                expected[i, j] = 2 if (a.numpy()[i, j] > b.numpy()[i, j]) else 0
-                assert_np_equal(tape.gradients[a].numpy(), expected, tol=tol)
-                expected[i, j] = 2 if (b.numpy()[i, j] > a.numpy()[i, j]) else 0
-                assert_np_equal(tape.gradients[b].numpy(), expected, tol=tol)
-                tape.zero()
-
-
-def test_equivalent_types(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    wptype = wp.types.np_dtype_to_warp_type[np.dtype(dtype)]
+        b[tid, 0] = v2[0]
+        b[tid, 1] = v2[1]
+        b[tid, 2] = v2[2]
 
-    # vector types
-    vec2 = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3 = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4 = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5 = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
+    def cast_float64(a: wp.array(dtype=wp_type, ndim=2), b: wp.array(dtype=wp64, ndim=2)):
+        tid = wp.tid()
 
-    # vector types equivalent to the above
-    vec2_equiv = wp.types.vector(length=2, dtype=wptype)
-    vec3_equiv = wp.types.vector(length=3, dtype=wptype)
-    vec4_equiv = wp.types.vector(length=4, dtype=wptype)
-    vec5_equiv = wp.types.vector(length=5, dtype=wptype)
-
-    # declare kernel with original types
-    def check_equivalence(
-        v2: vec2,
-        v3: vec3,
-        v4: vec4,
-        v5: vec5,
-    ):
-        wp.expect_eq(v2, vec2(wptype(1), wptype(2)))
-        wp.expect_eq(v3, vec3(wptype(1), wptype(2), wptype(3)))
-        wp.expect_eq(v4, vec4(wptype(1), wptype(2), wptype(3), wptype(4)))
-        wp.expect_eq(v5, vec5(wptype(1), wptype(2), wptype(3), wptype(4), wptype(5)))
+        v1 = vec3(a[tid, 0], a[tid, 1], a[tid, 2])
+        v2 = wp.vector(v1, dtype=wp64)
 
-        wp.expect_eq(v2, vec2_equiv(wptype(1), wptype(2)))
-        wp.expect_eq(v3, vec3_equiv(wptype(1), wptype(2), wptype(3)))
-        wp.expect_eq(v4, vec4_equiv(wptype(1), wptype(2), wptype(3), wptype(4)))
-        wp.expect_eq(v5, vec5_equiv(wptype(1), wptype(2), wptype(3), wptype(4), wptype(5)))
+        b[tid, 0] = v2[0]
+        b[tid, 1] = v2[1]
+        b[tid, 2] = v2[2]
 
-    kernel = getkernel(check_equivalence, suffix=dtype.__name__)
+    kernel_16 = getkernel(cast_float16, suffix=dtype.__name__)
+    kernel_32 = getkernel(cast_float32, suffix=dtype.__name__)
+    kernel_64 = getkernel(cast_float64, suffix=dtype.__name__)
 
     if register_kernels:
         return
 
-    # call kernel with equivalent types
-    v2 = vec2_equiv(1, 2)
-    v3 = vec3_equiv(1, 2, 3)
-    v4 = vec4_equiv(1, 2, 3, 4)
-    v5 = vec5_equiv(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
+    # check casting to float 16
+    a = wp.array(np.ones((1, 3), dtype=np_type), dtype=wp_type, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    b = wp.array(np.zeros((1, 3), dtype=np16), dtype=wp16, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    b_result = np.ones((1, 3), dtype=np16)
+    b_grad = wp.array(np.ones((1, 3), dtype=np16), dtype=wp16, device=device)
+    a_grad = wp.array(np.ones((1, 3), dtype=np_type), dtype=wp_type, device=device)
 
-    wp.launch(kernel, dim=1, inputs=[v2, v3, v4, v5], device=device)
+    tape = wp.Tape()
+    with tape:
+        wp.launch(kernel=kernel_16, dim=1, inputs=[a, b], device=device)
 
+    tape.backward(grads={b: b_grad})
+    out = tape.gradients[a].numpy()
 
-def test_conversions(test, device, dtype, register_kernels=False):
-    def check_vectors_equal(
-        v0: wp.vec3,
-        v1: wp.vec3,
-        v2: wp.vec3,
-        v3: wp.vec3,
-    ):
-        wp.expect_eq(v1, v0)
-        wp.expect_eq(v2, v0)
-        wp.expect_eq(v3, v0)
+    assert_np_equal(b.numpy(), b_result)
+    assert_np_equal(out, a_grad.numpy())
 
-    kernel = getkernel(check_vectors_equal, suffix=dtype.__name__)
+    # check casting to float 32
+    a = wp.array(np.ones((1, 3), dtype=np_type), dtype=wp_type, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    b = wp.array(np.zeros((1, 3), dtype=np32), dtype=wp32, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    b_result = np.ones((1, 3), dtype=np32)
+    b_grad = wp.array(np.ones((1, 3), dtype=np32), dtype=wp32, device=device)
+    a_grad = wp.array(np.ones((1, 3), dtype=np_type), dtype=wp_type, device=device)
 
-    if register_kernels:
-        return
+    tape = wp.Tape()
+    with tape:
+        wp.launch(kernel=kernel_32, dim=1, inputs=[a, b], device=device)
 
-    v0 = wp.vec3(1, 2, 3)
+    tape.backward(grads={b: b_grad})
+    out = tape.gradients[a].numpy()
 
-    # test explicit conversions - constructing vectors from different containers
-    v1 = wp.vec3((1, 2, 3))
-    v2 = wp.vec3([1, 2, 3])
-    v3 = wp.vec3(np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype=dtype))
+    assert_np_equal(b.numpy(), b_result)
+    assert_np_equal(out, a_grad.numpy())
 
-    wp.launch(kernel, dim=1, inputs=[v0, v1, v2, v3], device=device)
+    # check casting to float 64
+    a = wp.array(np.ones((1, 3), dtype=np_type), dtype=wp_type, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    b = wp.array(np.zeros((1, 3), dtype=np64), dtype=wp64, requires_grad=True, device=device)
+    b_result = np.ones((1, 3), dtype=np64)
+    b_grad = wp.array(np.ones((1, 3), dtype=np64), dtype=wp64, device=device)
+    a_grad = wp.array(np.ones((1, 3), dtype=np_type), dtype=wp_type, device=device)
 
-    # test implicit conversions - passing different containers as vectors to wp.launch()
-    v1 = (1, 2, 3)
-    v2 = [1, 2, 3]
-    v3 = np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype=dtype)
+    tape = wp.Tape()
+    with tape:
+        wp.launch(kernel=kernel_64, dim=1, inputs=[a, b], device=device)
+
+    tape.backward(grads={b: b_grad})
+    out = tape.gradients[a].numpy()
+
+    assert_np_equal(b.numpy(), b_result)
+    assert_np_equal(out, a_grad.numpy())
 
-    wp.launch(kernel, dim=1, inputs=[v0, v1, v2, v3], device=device)
+
+@wp.kernel
+def test_vector_constructor_value_func():
+    a = wp.vec2()
+    b = wp.vector(a, dtype=wp.float16)
+    c = wp.vector(a)
+    d = wp.vector(a, length=2)
 
 
 # Test matrix constructors using explicit type (float16)
@@ -2790,112 +1156,113 @@ def test_constructors_constant_length():
         v[i] = float(i)
 
 
-def register(parent):
-    devices = get_test_devices()
+devices = get_test_devices()
 
-    class TestVec(parent):
-        pass
 
-    add_kernel_test(TestVec, test_constructors_explicit_precision, dim=1, devices=devices)
-    add_kernel_test(TestVec, test_constructors_default_precision, dim=1, devices=devices)
-    add_kernel_test(TestVec, test_constructors_constant_length, dim=1, devices=devices)
+class TestVec(unittest.TestCase):
+    pass
 
-    vec10 = wp.types.vector(length=10, dtype=float)
-    add_kernel_test(
-        TestVec,
-        test_vector_mutation,
-        dim=1,
-        inputs=[vec10(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0)],
-        devices=devices,
-    )
 
-    for dtype in np_unsigned_int_types:
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec,
-            f"test_subtraction_unsigned_{dtype.__name__}",
-            test_subtraction_unsigned,
-            devices=devices,
-            dtype=dtype,
-        )
+add_kernel_test(TestVec, test_vector_constructor_value_func, dim=1, devices=devices)
+add_kernel_test(TestVec, test_constructors_explicit_precision, dim=1, devices=devices)
+add_kernel_test(TestVec, test_constructors_default_precision, dim=1, devices=devices)
+add_kernel_test(TestVec, test_constructors_constant_length, dim=1, devices=devices)
 
-    for dtype in np_signed_int_types + np_float_types:
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_negation_{dtype.__name__}", test_negation, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_subtraction_{dtype.__name__}", test_subtraction, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
+vec10 = wp.types.vector(length=10, dtype=float)
+add_kernel_test(
+    TestVec,
+    test_vector_mutation,
+    dim=1,
+    inputs=[vec10(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0)],
+    devices=devices,
+)
 
-    for dtype in np_float_types:
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_crossproduct_{dtype.__name__}", test_crossproduct, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_length_{dtype.__name__}", test_length, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_normalize_{dtype.__name__}", test_normalize, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
+for dtype in np_unsigned_int_types:
+    add_function_test_register_kernel(
+        TestVec,
+        f"test_subtraction_unsigned_{dtype.__name__}",
+        test_subtraction_unsigned,
+        devices=devices,
+        dtype=dtype,
+    )
 
-    for dtype in np_scalar_types:
-        add_function_test(TestVec, f"test_arrays_{dtype.__name__}", test_arrays, devices=devices, dtype=dtype)
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_constructors_{dtype.__name__}", test_constructors, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_anon_type_instance_{dtype.__name__}", test_anon_type_instance, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_indexing_{dtype.__name__}", test_indexing, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_equality_{dtype.__name__}", test_equality, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec,
-            f"test_scalar_multiplication_{dtype.__name__}",
-            test_scalar_multiplication,
-            devices=devices,
-            dtype=dtype,
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec,
-            f"test_scalar_multiplication_rightmul_{dtype.__name__}",
-            test_scalar_multiplication_rightmul,
-            devices=devices,
-            dtype=dtype,
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_cw_multiplication_{dtype.__name__}", test_cw_multiplication, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_scalar_division_{dtype.__name__}", test_scalar_division, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_cw_division_{dtype.__name__}", test_cw_division, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_addition_{dtype.__name__}", test_addition, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_dotproduct_{dtype.__name__}", test_dotproduct, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_equivalent_types_{dtype.__name__}", test_equivalent_types, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_conversions_{dtype.__name__}", test_conversions, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
-        add_function_test_register_kernel(
-            TestVec, f"test_constants_{dtype.__name__}", test_constants, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
-        )
+for dtype in np_signed_int_types + np_float_types:
+    add_function_test_register_kernel(
+        TestVec, f"test_negation_{dtype.__name__}", test_negation, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
+    )
+    add_function_test_register_kernel(
+        TestVec, f"test_subtraction_{dtype.__name__}", test_subtraction, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
+    )
 
-        # the kernels in this test compile incredibly slowly...
-        # add_function_test_register_kernel(TestVec, f"test_minmax_{dtype.__name__}", test_minmax, devices=devices, dtype=dtype)
+for dtype in np_float_types:
+    add_function_test_register_kernel(
+        TestVec, f"test_crossproduct_{dtype.__name__}", test_crossproduct, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
+    )
+    add_function_test_register_kernel(
+        TestVec, f"test_length_{dtype.__name__}", test_length, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
+    )
+    add_function_test_register_kernel(
+        TestVec, f"test_normalize_{dtype.__name__}", test_normalize, devices=devices, dtype=dtype
+    )
+    add_function_test_register_kernel(
+        TestVec,
+        f"test_casting_constructors_{dtype.__name__}",
+        test_casting_constructors,
+        devices=devices,
+        dtype=dtype,
+    )
 
-    return TestVec
+add_function_test(
+    TestVec,
+    "test_anon_constructor_error_dtype_keyword_missing",
+    test_anon_constructor_error_dtype_keyword_missing,
+    devices=devices,
+)
+add_function_test(
+    TestVec,
+    "test_anon_constructor_error_length_mismatch",
+    test_anon_constructor_error_length_mismatch,
+    devices=devices,
+)
+add_function_test(
+    TestVec,
+    "test_anon_constructor_error_numeric_arg_missing_1",
+    test_anon_constructor_error_numeric_arg_missing_1,
+    devices=devices,
+)
+add_function_test(
+    TestVec,
+    "test_anon_constructor_error_numeric_arg_missing_2",
+    test_anon_constructor_error_numeric_arg_missing_2,
+    devices=devices,
+)
+add_function_test(
+    TestVec,
+    "test_anon_constructor_error_dtype_keyword_extraneous",
+    test_anon_constructor_error_dtype_keyword_extraneous,
+    devices=devices,
+)
+add_function_test(
+    TestVec,
+    "test_anon_constructor_error_numeric_args_mismatch",
+    test_anon_constructor_error_numeric_args_mismatch,
+    devices=devices,
+)
+add_function_test(
+    TestVec,
+    "test_tpl_constructor_error_incompatible_sizes",
+    test_tpl_constructor_error_incompatible_sizes,
+    devices=devices,
+)
+add_function_test(
+    TestVec,
+    "test_tpl_constructor_error_numeric_args_mismatch",
+    test_tpl_constructor_error_numeric_args_mismatch,
+    devices=devices,
+)
+add_function_test(TestVec, "test_tpl_ops_with_anon", test_tpl_ops_with_anon)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    c = register(unittest.TestCase)
+    wp.build.clear_kernel_cache()
     unittest.main(verbosity=2, failfast=True)