Bumping this since I am still curious and have been unable to figure out
the answer.
Is intentional that dict comprehensions (and typed dict comprehensions)
still use the old syntax for dictionaries?
julia> (Int=>Int)[i=>i for i in 1:2] == Dict{Int,Int}(1=>1, 2=>2)
true
On Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 9:08:56 AM UTC-7, Jim Garrison wrote:
>
> It is well known that the dict syntax in 0.4 has changed
>
> julia> [1=>2,3=>4]
> WARNING: deprecated syntax "[a=>b, ...]".
> Use "Dict(a=>b, ...)" instead.
>
> However, I was surprised to notice that a similar syntax still works for
> dict comprehensions, without warning:
>
> julia> [i => 2i for i = 1:3]
> Dict{Int64,Int64} with 3 entries:
> 2 => 4
> 3 => 6
> 1 => 2
>
> Is this intentional?
>
