julia> getfield(Base, :println)("Hello")
Hello
On Friday, September 12, 2014 10:18:11 AM UTC-4, Ben Arthur wrote:
>
> is there a way to convert a symbol to a function. right now i'm resorting
> to:
>
> julia> names(Base)[1]
> :isexecutable
>
> julia> methods(names(Base)[1])
> ERROR: `methods` has no method matching methods(::Symbol)
>
> julia> eval(parse("methods("*string(names(Base)[1])*")"))
> # 2 methods for generic function "isexecutable":
> isexecutable(st::StatStruct) at stat.jl:76
> isexecutable(path...) at stat.jl:103
>
> just trying to reflect on the already defined functions.
>
> as an alternative--- is there a way to get a list of functions as type
> Function, not type Symbol?
>
> thanks.
>
