I believe it is because of the use of & in ccall as a pseudo-operator to pass the address of a scalar. Jeff will have to confirm or deny this though.
On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Dan Luu <dan...@gmail.com> wrote: > julia> 1 | 2 > 3 > julia> 1 & 2 > 0 > julia> 1 + 2 > 3 > julia> 1 $ 2 > 3 > julia> |(1, 2) > 3 > julia> &(1, 2) > ERROR: unsupported or misplaced expression & > julia> +(1, 2) > 3 > julia> $(1, 2) > ERROR: unsupported or misplaced expression $ > > Is & used in some way julia that makes &(1, 2) potentially ambiguous? > > Apologies if this is in the archives; I couldn't figure how to > effectively search for '&' or 'and'. > > > Dan >
