Or at least open an issue requesting this feature (and similar for Matrix,
which is another Array alias). But I think you'll find this is a pretty
simple contribution once you figure out the syntax and where to put the
method definitions :-)
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, Mauro <mauro...@runbox.com> wrote:
> In 0.4, with call overloading, it would now be possible to have a
> constructor Vector(Int,5) (this is not possible in 0.3). You could
> submit a pull request to add that feature.
>
> On Wed, 2015-02-04 at 11:16, Kristoffer Carlsson <kcarlsso...@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Ah, yes you are right about the Array{Int, 2} stuff.
> >
> > The reason I want to do this at all is because I have functions taking
> > Vectors as arguments but then I have to create the vectors that I want to
> > pass into the function using the Array command. It would somehow feel
> more
> > unified if I could create my Vectors with the Vector command and pass
> them
> > into my function that accepts a Vector. Vectors everywhere :)
> >
> > Thank you for your help.
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 11:08:55 AM UTC+1, Milan Bouchet-Valat
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Le mercredi 04 février 2015 à 02:00 -0800, Kristoffer Carlsson a écrit
> :
> >>
> >> If you want to allocate an Array you can simply write:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> julia> Array(Int, 5, 1)
> >> 10x1 Array{Int64,2}:
> >> 2187293504
> >> 2151034912
> >> 2195818528
> >> 2147516504
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Now, Vector is a short form for Array{T, 1}. I would then expect to be
> >> able to allocate a vector using something like this:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> julia> Vector(Int, 5)
> >> ERROR: MethodError: `convert` has no method matching
> convert(::Type{Array{
> >> T,1}},
> >> ::Type{Int64}, ::Int64)
> >> This may have arisen from a call to the constructor Array{T,1}(...),
> >> since type
> >> constructors fall back to convert methods in julia v0.4.
> >> Closest candidates are:
> >> convert{T}(::Type{Nullable{T}}, ::T)
> >> convert{T}(::Type{T}, ::T)
> >> convert{T}(::Type{FloatRange{T}}, ::FloatRange{T<:FloatingPoint})
> >> ...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Could someone help me with the syntax? Do you have to use the Array
> form
> >> every time you want to initiate a Arrat{T,1} with a certain length?
> >>
> >> As you can see from the printed output, Array(Int, 5, 1) creates an
> >> Array{Int, 2}, which is different from a Vector. If you want a Vector,
> call
> >> Array(Int, 5). I've often tried typing Vector(Int, 5) too, and wished it
> >> existed, but as it would be redundant with Array(), I'm not sure it's a
> >> good idea to add it.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
>
>
