On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Michele Zaffalon <michele.zaffa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why does > input_len::Uint = sizeof(bytes_input) > work in the body of the function but not at the REPL?
We don't have typed global yet. https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8870 > > Inside the function, it is converted to > _var0 = sizeof(bytes_input::Array{Uint8,1})::Int64 > input_len = (top(box))(Uint64,_var0::Int64)::Uint64 # line 3: > > > On Sunday, September 6, 2015 at 4:31:35 AM UTC+2, Corey Moncure wrote: >> >> Can someone help me understand what's going on here? >> Maybe I've been sitting at my desk too long? >> >> julia> arr = hex2bytes("14fb9c03") >> 4-element Array{Uint8,1}: >> 0x14 >> 0xfb >> 0x9c >> 0x03 >> >> julia> f(x) = abs((x % 3) - 3) >> f (generic function with 1 method) >> >> julia> function test_abs(bytes_input::Array{Uint8}) >> input_len::Uint = sizeof(bytes_input) >> a::Int = f(input_len) >> println("a: ", a, " input len: ", input_len) >> end >> test_abs (generic function with 1 method) >> >> julia> test_abs(arr) >> a: -2 input len: 4 <-- minus 2???? >> >> julia> sizeof(arr) >> 4 >> >> julia> f(4) >> 2 <-- expected >> >> >> >> >
