The exception is a little bit confusing... ;)
The error is, that keyword arguments need a default value.
This version should work:
type Foo
bar
baz
Foo(;bar=1, baz=2) = new(bar, baz)
end
Am Sonntag, 2. November 2014 19:05:37 UTC+1 schrieb Kevin Owens:
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> I'm using Julia 0.3 something.
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> If I make a composite type with many fields I may forget the order, but
> remember their names. I'd like to use a constructor where I can use name
> the arguments.
>
> Say I have the composite type
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> type Foo
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> bar
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> baz
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> end
>
>
> How can I make a constructor that lets me do this
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> myfoo = Foo(baz=1, bar=2)
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> I expected this would work
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>
> type Foo
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> bar
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> baz
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>
> Foo(;bar, baz) = new(bar, baz)
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> end
>
>
> But when I run it I get
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> ErrorException("syntax: invalid keyword argument bar")
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>
> I also tried
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>
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> julia> function Foo(;bar, baz)
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> Foo(bar, baz)
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>
> end
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>
>
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> ErrorException("syntax: invalid keyword argument bar")
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>
>
>
