Raul:

>If it is a bug, the resolution would probably be to retain both
>the original definition and the machine implementation and to also set
>up a dependency so that whenever g gets update f gets rebuilt. 

As far as I can tell, it is a bug.
It's been logged as an issue for at least two years. The response from one of 
the developers does not inspire a great deal of confidence: "I was hoping 
nobody would notice this..."

https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/265
People keep logging it too:
https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/5308

I realize this is coming from someone who has never done anything like rolling 
his own language. If I'm wrong, and there is a reason for Julia to work this 
way, I'm happy to eat my words. If I'm right, and Julia is some sort of half 
baked student project, it is incredibly irresponsible of the Julia team to be 
thumping the tub that their doodad is the future. Mind you, I use R in my day 
to day work, and it is sort of inherently problematic as a language, but I 
figure such issues should be faced up to. 

-Scott
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