Ok, even if overloading the dot operator is not yet implemented I would be pleased if someone could provide an example how to use the setfield function.
Uwe On Friday, March 7, 2014 10:20:51 PM UTC+1, Ivar Nesje wrote: > > 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) >> >
