I'd be interested to know a case where confusion could arise. ---david
On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 4:15:22 PM UTC+1, Patrick O'Leary wrote: > > On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 10:09:40 AM UTC-5, David van Leeuwen wrote: >> >> Related to this question: what if you want to use the name of a base >> function for your type, where the meaning is _not_ related, but there is no >> sensible function that would have that meaning for your type? >> >> E.g., in GaussianMixtures, I used `map(::GMM, ...)` for >> maximum-a-posteriori adaptation of the GMM. I can't see ::GMM in the role >> of a ::Function, so I personally do not mind this re-use of an existing >> function name from Base. Others may disagree wholeheartedly. >> >> ---david >> > > Don't `import Base.map`, and leave `map` off of your exports list. This > means users have to use the fully-qualified `GuassianMixtures.map`, but > there is no risk of confusion. > > (Though I am not sure that I would read "map" as a shorthand for "maximum > a posteriori"--"maxpost", maybe?) > > Patrick >
