Maybe a better alternative is to create an internal function with the same name:
real(v…)=Base.real(v…)
real{T<:Real}(::Type{Complex{T}})=T
real{T<:Real}(::Type{T})=T
This will avoid the override leaking from the package.
> On 26 Feb 2015, at 6:07 pm, Sheehan Olver <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I think this is a case where I know the answer but pretending I don’t :)
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>> On 26 Feb 2015, at 6:06 pm, Ivar Nesje <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> We have seen quite a few instances where Base functions were extended with
>> methods without restriction to non-Base types, and it caused problems when
>> Julia was updated.
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>> Is randomly breaking in new versions of Julia your style?
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