I currently am trying to solve a problem where I have many composite types and I would like to associate some data with each type, such that every instance has access to it. Obviously, in C++ I would just create a static member variable.
Is there a good way to go about this in Julia? Currently, I have it working by using a global Dict mapping DataType objects to their associated data but I really don't like this. Something more naive like just adding that field to every object instance also strikes me as unnecessary and wasteful. I haven't seen any significant discussion about static fields on the lists or on github so is this something that could be considered for addition to the language? Thanks, Josh
