Really sorry, just saw this is identical to Mauro's suggestion :-/
Michael
Den torsdag den 11. februar 2016 kl. 11.39.12 UTC+1 skrev Michael
Borregaard:
>
> Thanks for clarifying that!
> So do you suggest
> [code]
> function foo(x::bar)
> #the function body
> end
>
> function foo(x::AbstractVector{bar})
> map(foo, x)
> end
> [/code]
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Tim Holy <tim.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If the input is a scalar and the output is a scalar, that's also
>> type-stable.
>> Type-stability is about "predictability of the output type, given the
>> input
>> types," not "always returns the same type."
>>
>> Also, wrapping scalars in an array will have a significant performance
>> cost.
>>
>> Best,
>> --Tim
>>
>> On Thursday, February 11, 2016 12:44:19 AM Michael Borregaard wrote:
>> > Note that both of these versions will return an array, allowing for type
>> > stability
>> >
>> > Den torsdag den 11. februar 2016 kl. 09.40.27 UTC+1 skrev Michael
>> >
>> > Borregaard:
>> > > If you are worried about maintaining two versions, that can be solved
>> > > simply:
>> > > function foo(x::Vector{bar})
>> > >
>> > > #the main code of your function
>> > >
>> > > end
>> > >
>> > > function foo(x::bar)
>> > >
>> > > foo([x])
>> > >
>> > > end
>>
>>
>
