Inspired by a Lint.jl message:
INFO In 0.4+, replace int() with Int()
I wanted to find out whether Int() was actually functionally the same as
int(). Short answer: it's not, but I'm not sure whether (if int() is really
out of favor in 0.4 as the Lint.jl message suggests) these constructors
have been considered:
julia> Int(444.55) # this works with int()
ERROR: InexactError()
in call at base.jl:36
julia> Int("444") # ditto
ERROR: MethodError: `convert` has no method matching convert(::Type{Int64},
::ASCIIString)
As an aside: since int(444.55) works, and int("444") works, what was the
decision behind not allowing int("444.55")?
julia> int("444.55")
ERROR: ArgumentError: invalid base 10 digit '.' in "444.55"
... or am I missing some fundamental concept here?
