For the record, this works as desired in 0.4. I'm not sure how it got fixed,
but if you file an issue on GitHub perhaps the fixer might be able to backport
it?
Best,
--Tim
On Saturday, March 28, 2015 09:35:15 PM Philip Tellis wrote:
> I've written the following code:
>
> import Base.convert
> function convert(::Type{UTF8String}, x::Int64)
> return utf8(string(x))
> end
> println(convert(UTF8String, 10))
> println(convert(Array{UTF8String, 1}, [10]))
>
>
> The intent is to convert an Array of Int64 into an Array of UTF8String.
>
> The first println works correctly and converts 10 into "10"
>
> The second println should print an array of ["10"], but instead gives me
> the following error:
>
> type: arrayset: expected UTF8String, got ASCIIString
> while loading In[41], in expression starting on line 6
>
> in copy! at abstractarray.jl:149
> in convert at array.jl:220
>
>
> I'm using Julia 0.3.6
>
> Any idea on what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Philip
