method dispatch on the object type does a remarkably good job at providing
this functionality without needing a specialized feature:
static_data(::Type{MyObj}) = 1
static_data(::Type{MyOtherObj}) = 2
On Wed Dec 31 2014 at 8:23:40 PM Josh Langsfeld <jdla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
