Hi,
What is the idiomatic way to create a function value() in different
modules, dispatched on different arguments, without getting the
warning/error about conflicting with an existing identifier?
It seems like there is an order dependency with the example below. Seems
like the 2nd module defines value(), unless you had already used value()
prior to importing the 2nd module.
Note that if I do the same with get() a function defined in Base, I don't
get an error.
Code and output from julia REPL below.
Any help appreciated,
Michael
# this is mike.jl
# ------------------------------
module Foo
# ------------------------------
importall Base
type FooType end
value(x::FooType) = "Foo::value"
get(x::FooType) = "Foo::get"
export value
end
# ------------------------------
module Bar
# ------------------------------
importall Base
type BarType end
value(x::BarType) = "Bar::value"
get(x::BarType) = "Bar::get"
export value
end
Using this in the REPL:
julia> workspace() ; include("mike.jl")
julia> using Foo
julia> value(Foo.FooType())
"Foo::value"
julia> using Bar
Warning: using Bar.value in module Main conflicts with an existing
identifier.
julia> value(Bar.BarType())
ERROR: `value` has no method matching value(::BarType)
# -----------------------------------------------------
julia> workspace() ; include("mike.jl")
julia> using Foo
julia> using Bar
julia> value(Foo.FooType())
ERROR: `value` has no method matching value(::FooType)
julia> value(Bar.BarType())
"Bar::value"
# -----------------------------------------------------
julia> workspace() ; include("mike.jl")
julia> using Bar
julia> using Foo
julia> value(Foo.FooType())
"Foo::value"
julia> value(Bar.BarType())
ERROR: `value` has no method matching value(::BarType)
julia>
