I prefer to use the following code:
module MyCode
floor(i::Integer) = Base.ifloor(i)
floor(n) = oftype(n, Base.floor(n))
# code in this module that used floor, now has modified behavior to
match my intent
end
On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 10:09 PM, andrew cooke <and...@acooke.org> wrote:
> when i have code like that i put the common code into a separate, local
> function and then write two wrappers that pass in the functions that change.
>
> function generic_range(myfloor, myceil, ...) ...
> histrange{T<:Integer}(...) = generic_range(ifloor, ...)
>
> (but i'm surprised no-one else has suggested that so perhaps there's some
> issue i am missing),
> andrew
>
