you're right. i was worrying too much. this is all i need. thanks, andrew
On Sunday, 24 May 2015 14:49:54 UTC-3, Scott Jones wrote:
>
> Here is an example:
> if VERSION < v"0.4-"
> typealias AbstractString String
> endif
>
>
>
> On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 1:26:19 PM UTC-4, andrew cooke wrote:
>>
>>
>> Julia 0.4 has changed the rand! api (in a good way - the generator is now
>> explicit) and I am wondering whether I can support both in a single code
>> base.
>>
>> What I'd really like, being old fashioned and simple, is something like
>> cpp's macros that let me switch between two different sets of code:
>>
>> #ifdef 0.4
>> rand!{...}(...) = ...
>> #else
>> rand!{...}(...) = ...
>> #endif
>>
>> That seems like it would be simple and easy for me to understand and read
>> and maintain in the future.
>>
>> It also seems like it should be possible with macros, so I wondered if
>> anyone had done so?
>>
>> (I did look at the Compat package, but it doesn't seem to support this
>> particular issue).
>>
>> Does anything like this exist?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew
>>
>>
