You want include, not require.
-- John
On Dec 11, 2014, at 7:25 PM, Test This <curiousle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have two files: dataTypes.jl and paramcombos.jl
>
> In dataTypes.jl I have
>
> type Params
> .
> . // field names and types
> .
> end
>
>
> In paramcombos.jl I have
>
> module paramcombos
>
> require("dataTypes.jl")
>
> function baseParams()
> params = Params( field1 = blah1, field2 = blah2, ...)
> end
>
> end
>
>
> In the julia repl if I do
>
> require("paramcombos.jl")
>
> and then,
>
> basep = paramcombos.baseParams()
>
> I get an error saying:
>
> ERROR: Params not defined
> in baseParams at /Users/code/paramcombos.jl:33 (where 33 is the line shown
> above from baseParams() function.
>
> If I move type declaration to paramcombos.jl, things work fine. Is there a
> way to keep type definitions in one file and use the constructor in another
> file?
>
> Thank you
