Thank you.
On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 5:56:39 PM UTC-4, Stefan Karpinski wrote:
>
> But you can define a generic method for f like this:
>
> f(a::Vector) = f(a, a[1])
> f(a::Vector, a1::Int) = # handle the Int case
> f(a::Vector, a1::Float64 = # handle the Float64 case
>
>
> The you would call the function as `f(a)` the way you want to. Note that
> the dispatch that chooses which method to call will be done at runtime,
> which will be a bit slow (no worse than other dynamic languages, though).
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Kristoffer Carlsson <kcarl...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> No, since the only thing the compiler sees is Vector{Any}.
>>
>>
>> On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 11:36:54 PM UTC+2, Chris Stook wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there a way to dispatch on the type of the first element of an array
>>> without passing the first element as a separate argument.
>>>
>>> for example:
>>>
>>> a = Array{Any,1}
>>>
>>> function f(a::Array{Any,1}, a1::Int)
>>> # do int stuff here
>>> end
>>> function f(a::Array{Any,1}, a1::Float64)
>>> # do float stuff here
>>> end
>>>
>>> # call like this
>>> f(a, a[1]) # better way?
>>>
>>> # would prefer to call like this
>>> f(a)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chris
>>>
>>
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