Does anyone have an explanation for why a type variable (e.g. Uint64) acts
differently when accessed in an array (e.g. [Uint64]) than by itself?
Here's some sample code to show what I mean:
import Base.convert
function convert{T1<:Integer, T2<:String}(totype::Type{T1}, value::T2)
println("convert: $totype, $value")
#parseint(totype, value)
end
for t in [Uint64]
convert(t, "4")
convert(Uint64, "4")
println(t)
end
This code prints:
convert: Uint64, 4
Uint64
As you can see, only the second call to `convert` prints the message. Why
isn't the convert method defined above called twice? Why does placing
Uint64 in an array change its behavior? Is there something I'm missing here
about how for loops or types work in Julia? Is this a bug or intended
behavior?
