# So, ranges are a thing:
julia> 1:3
1:3
# Not an obvious type, but OK:
julia> typeof(1:3)
UnitRange{Int64}
# And they can be assigned to variable, good.
julia> a = 1:3
1:3
# WAT: A warning about using collect()?
julia> a = [1:3]
WARNING: [a] concatenation is deprecated; use collect(a) inste
>
>
> I am not sure what the question is about {}. It has been deprecated so
> that it can be freed for new syntax. See
> https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/10380
>
> Best,
>
> Tamas
I was contrasting the behavior of the warning system, which "gave up" after
three warnings in the fir
Even though experimenting with the command line is an important part of
learning a about language, you can usually figure out conceptual
features better from reading the documentation. In particular, release
notes inform about deprecations.
[...] was used frequently to convert to a vector, but it
> # WAT: A warning about using collect()?
>
> julia> a = [1:3]
> WARNING: [a] concatenation is deprecated; use collect(a) instead
> in depwarn at deprecated.jl:73
> in oldstyle_vcat_warning at
> /Applications/Julia-0.4.5.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib
> in vect at abstractarray
