Except that we already have Int != int, which becomes unfortunate when first trying to write code for c-interop. (I don't see adding a Float alias as particularly helpful -- and we do have Cfloat, if someone feels the need to be pedantic/consistent in their ccall and type structs.)
On Tuesday, July 29, 2014, Stefan Karpinski <stefan.karpin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, Float is a bad name for Float64 since anyone coming from C or Fortran > would expect Float = Float32 and Double = Float64. > > If you're writing Float64 a lot I think you may be over constraining your > type signatures. Most algorithms that make sense for Float64 also make > sense for Float32 and BigFloat and possibly also for integers and > rationals, maybe all real number representations. Unless you > very specifically need a 64-bit float for your code to work, why restrict > it more than necessary? And if you really need a 64-bit float – not a > 32-bit one or a 256-bit one – then it seems quite fitting to have "64" in > the type signature. > > On Jul 29, 2014, at 6:50 PM, John Myles White <johnmyleswh...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','johnmyleswh...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > > One of the things I like about the Julia community is a broad preference > for clarity over brevity. Think of it as the opposite of the Perl culture. > > In this case, Float would be less, rather than more, clear because our > Float would describe a type that most languages would call Double. > > -- John > > On Jul 29, 2014, at 3:45 PM, Júlio Hoffimann <julio.hoffim...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','julio.hoffim...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > > 2014-07-29 19:32 GMT-03:00 John Myles White <johnmyleswh...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','johnmyleswh...@gmail.com');>>: > >> I think the confusion is that Julio assumes Int is used for brevity, when >> it is actually used for cross-platform compability. >> >> -- John >> > > Yes, I assumed the Int alias had these two goals: brevity + portability. I > still think a cleaner Float alias would be useful to avoid typing 64 > everywhere. > > Júlio. > > >
