The missing restart must be thing - I've just gotten used to not worrying
about reloading when using IJulia.
This type works - thanks!
On Friday, October 17, 2014 10:48:28 PM UTC+2, Mauro wrote:
>
> >>> I am having some troubles understanding and selecting the right types.
> >>>
> >>> I have implemented an approximation of Lambert’s W function in two
> >>> versions: One for scalar input and one for array input.
> >>>
> >>> I’ve chosen the type Real for the scalar version and Array{Float64}
> for
> >>> the array version.
> >>> But if I delete the array version I can still call the function with
> an
> >>> array. How can this be?
>
> I cannot reproduce this, I get a no method error. Do you restart Julia
> between the tries?
>
> >>> Also, I would prefer to have a type like Array{Real} instead
> >>> Array{Float64}, but this does not seem to work.
>
> try:
>
> function lambertw{T<:Real}(x::Array{T}, k::Int=0, prec=10e-10)
> ...
> end
>
> >>> A third thing is that the function takes a second input that is either
> -1
> >>> or 0. Now I specify the type as Int and check if it is -1 or 0. Is
> there a
> >>> smarter way to do this?
>
> I think this is fine. You could use a Boolean instead.
>
