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julia> abstract Furniture
julia> type Table <: Furniture end
julia> f{T<:Furniture}(::Type{T}) = 10
f (generic function with 1 method)
julia> f(Furniture)
10
julia> f(Table)
10
On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 9:34:12 AM UTC-7, Vinuth Madinur wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to do function dispatch on subtypes? For example, consider
> the following:
>
> > abstract Furniture
>
> > type Table <: Furniture end
>
> > f(::Type{Furniture}) = 10
>
> > f(Furniture)
> 10
>
> > f(Table)
> Error.....
>
> How do I enable the same function to be called when I do f(Table)?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Vinuth.
>
>
