Error with e.g. Any[] starting condition

[TorkelE]

This works:

# Creates the problem with Float64 initial value.
using Optimization, OptimizationBBO
rosenbrock(x, p) = (p[1] - x[1])^2 + p[2] * (x[2] - x[1]^2)^2
x0 = zeros(2)
p = [1.0, 100.0]
prob = OptimizationProblem(rosenbrock, x0, p, lb = [-1.0, -1.0], ub = [1.0, 1.0])
sol = solve(prob, BBO_adaptive_de_rand_1_bin_radiuslimited())

but if we force x0 to be an Vector{Any} it fails

# Creates the problem with Any initial value.
x0 = Any[0.0, 0.0]
prob = OptimizationProblem(rosenbrock, x0, p, lb = [-1.0, -1.0], ub = [1.0, 1.0])
sol = solve(prob, BBO_adaptive_de_rand_1_bin_radiuslimited()) # ERROR: MethodError: no method matching iterate(::BlackBoxOptim.ContinuousRectSearchSpace)

This is not too far-fetched to happen. I.e. I had a routine which creates a starting vector my concatenating two vectors. If one of these is empty this happen:

[[]; [1.0, 2.0]] # isa Vector{Any}

[ChrisRackauckas]

Using a numerical vector for the u0? That's fishy. @AayushSabharwal we should make this always warn by default for the next release.

[TorkelE]

Would be very helpful. If it is an undesired behaviour it should error on

prob = OptimizationProblem(rosenbrock, x0, p, lb = [-1.0, -1.0], ub = [1.0, 1.0])

(ideally with a helpful error message)