On Thursday, January 1, 2015 11:45:00 AM UTC+10, Jameson wrote:
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> method dispatch on the object type does a remarkably good job at providing
> this functionality without needing a specialized feature:
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> static_data(::Type{MyObj}) = 1
> static_data(::Type{MyOtherObj}) = 2
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Would like to document this, but not sure where it should go?
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> On Wed Dec 31 2014 at 8:23:40 PM Josh Langsfeld <jdl...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> Thanks,
>> Josh
>>
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