Is that *really* the intended effect??? Python and Matlab seem much more
intuitive and return something sensible:
>> x = [1:10];
>> x(1:9) = x(2:10)
x =
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10
>>> import numpy
>>> x = numpy.arange(1,11)
>>> x[0:9] = x[1:10]
>>> x
array([ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10])
On Thursday, May 8, 2014 8:59:58 PM UTC-7, Jeff Bezanson wrote:
>
> Yes, it is well-defined. The right-hand side is returned, which might
> cause some confusion here.
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Neal Becker <[email protected]<javascript:>>
> wrote:
> > Is the following well-defined in julia?
> >
> > julia> x = [1:10]
> > 10-element Array{Int64,1}:
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 4
> > 5
> > 6
> > 7
> > 8
> > 9
> > 10
> >
> > julia> x[1:9] = x[2:10]
> > 9-element Array{Int64,1}:
> > 2
> > 3
> > 4
> > 5
> > 6
> > 7
> > 8
> > 9
> > 10
> >
> > In general, are all such aliased assignments well-defined (all, as in
> for
> > arbitrary ranges)?
> >
>
