I do not think you can overload the . operator in Julia yet. Setfield is only for calling to set the value.
See also https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/1974 kl. 22:16:09 UTC+1 fredag 7. mars 2014 skrev Uwe Fechner følgende: > > Hello, > > I am looking for an example how to use the setfield function. > (see: http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.2/stdlib/base/ ) > > The following does not work (setfield is not called when the field time is > set): > > using ProtoBuf > import ProtoBuf.meta > > type AutopilotLog > time::Float64 > counter::Int32 > number::Int32 > AutopilotLog() = (x = new(); fillunset(x); x) > end #type AutopilotLog > meta(t::Type{AutopilotLog}) = meta(t, Symbol[:time,:counter], Int[], > Dict{Symbol,Any}()) > function setfield(value, time::Symbol, x) > x.time = value > println("abc") > end > > log = AutopilotLog() > log.time = 0.0 > > Any hint what I am doing wrong? > > Regards: > > Uwe (using Julia 0.21) >
