On a somewhat related note: if you really require non-integer indices, you
can always try NamedArrays:
using NamedArrays
m = NamedArray(rand(4), ([1//1, 1//2, 1//3, 1//4],), ("weird",))
m[1//1]
m[1//2] == m[2//4]
m[1//4] == m[4]
---david
On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 8:50:13 AM UTC+1, Mauro wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2015-03-16 at 08:40, Christoph Ortner <christop...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> wrote:
> > Lex, Stefan: Would it not be possible to throw an exception when the
> > conversion is considered "unsafe"?
>
> That's the current behavior:
>
> julia> [1,2][1.0]
> 1
>
> julia> [1,2][1.0001]
> ERROR: InexactError()
> in getindex at array.jl:246
>
> julia> [1,2][1.+eps(1.)]
> ERROR: InexactError()
> in getindex at array.jl:246
>
>
