They are the same. The vector is just a type alias for the array of size 1.
Personally I like vector because to me it is clearer to read.
On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 12:09:23 PM UTC+2, Sisyphuss wrote:
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> Is `function sum{T<:FloatingPoint}(x::AbstractArray{T,1}) ` or
> `function sum{T<:FloatingPoint}(x::AbstractVector{T}) ` better?
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 11:29:15 AM UTC+2, René Donner wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I think this does what you want:
>>
>> function sum{T<:FloatingPoint}(x::Array{T,1})
>> println("hi")
>> end
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rene
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Am 18.08.2015 um 11:22 schrieb Uwe Fechner <uwe.fec...@gmail.com>:
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>> > Ok, the following definition works on Julia 0.4, but not with 0.3:
>> >
>> > FloatArray = Union{Array{Float32, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}
>> >
>> > function sum(x::FloatArray).
>> >
>> > Any idea?
>> >
>> > Am Dienstag, 18. August 2015 11:07:16 UTC+2 schrieb Uwe Fechner:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I want to write a function, that can operate on any one dimensional
>> array of floating point numbers.
>> >
>> > The following works, but only for Float64:
>> >
>> > function sum(x::Array{Float64,1})
>> >
>> > The following does not work:
>> >
>> > function sum(x::Array{AbstractFloat,1})
>> >
>> > Any idea?
>> >
>> > Uwe
>>
>>
