Agreed. Initialization continues to send me running for the REPL. For
example (Int)[], Array(Int,0), Array{Int,1}(). The later doesn't work, but
I always want to type it. I kind of like the (K=>V)[] syntax, but wouldn't
be sad to see it go if it meant less confusion.
On Thursday, May 1, 2014 1:11:59 PM UTC-4, Stefan Karpinski wrote:
>
> Is be more in favor of deprecating the (K=>V)[k=>v] syntax and just using
> keyword args like this Dict{K,V}(k=v). Having so many syntaxes for this is
> confusing and it's not like the (K=>V)[k=>v] syntax is a thing of beauty.
>
> On May 1, 2014, at 12:50 PM, Jameson Nash <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
> The => is special here for the parser. What you want is
> (Int=>Dict{Int, Int})[ ]
>
> However, it's possible your alternative syntax could be made to work.
>
> On Thursday, May 1, 2014, thom lake <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
>> Both of these work
>>
>> julia> Dict{Int,Int}()
>> Dict{Int64,Int64}()
>>
>> julia> (Int=>Int)[]
>> Dict{Int64,Int64}()
>>
>> So does this
>>
>> julia> Dict{Int,Dict{Int,Int}}()
>> Dict{Int64,Dict{Int64,Int64}}()
>>
>> This doesn't
>>
>> julia> (Int=>(Int=>Int))[]
>> ERROR: unsupported or misplaced expression =>
>>
>> Any particular reason? Am I doing something silly?
>>
>>
