I think it is implied that you can do this: there are quite a few examples in the manual, eg https://julia.readthedocs.org/en/latest/manual/types/#value-types
Best, Tamas On Tue, Apr 21 2015, Scott Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, thanks for the *very* quick reply. That’s quite useful. > Did I somehow miss the explanation in the documentation (of 0.4), or does > that need to be added to the documentation of methods? > > Thanks, > Scott > > On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 11:41:45 AM UTC-4, Stefan Karpinski wrote: >> >> It means that the argument doesn't get a local name but the method is only >> called if the argument in that position matches the type on the RHS of the >> :: >> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Scott Jones <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Just what does it mean, if there is a type but no formal parameter name, >>> in a function definition? >>> I tried to find it in the documentation, but nothing came up... >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Scott >>> >>> >>
