Cool. Had missed the module part. So they give an accessible isolated scope. This should do it.
Thanks for the help! On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 1:43:16 AM UTC+5:30, Tom Breloff wrote: > > So... you want a method name globally accessible, but you don't want to > put in global scope? Maybe you should use a Module instead of a let > block. Your first method definition goes in the scope of "MyModule", and > then later on you can add to that method definition by defining a function: > "MyModule.myFunction(x::MyType) = ..." > > See: http://julia.readthedocs.org/en/latest/manual/modules/ > > On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 4:08:45 PM UTC-4, Vinuth Madinur wrote: >> >> Please ignore the "anonymous function" part above. >> >> I'm creating a function in my macro inside a let block so that it doesn't >> pollute the surrounding scope. Later on, when the same macro is used on a >> different expression, I wont be able to access this same function to extend >> it inside another let block. I was looking for a way to do this. >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 1:12:36 AM UTC+5:30, Vinuth Madinur wrote: >>> >>> It's a little complicated scenario to explain. It's like this: >>> >>> I have a macro that replaces an expression with a function whose name >>> isn't fixed / known / is anonymous / created inside a closured scope. Later >>> on I want the ability to add methods to this. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 12:57:01 AM UTC+5:30, Tom Breloff wrote: >>>> >>>> Can you tell us more about your end-goal? I have a feeling that you're >>>> not thinking about this in a Julian way, but I'm not entirely sure what >>>> you >>>> want to be able to do. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Vinuth Madinur <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way to add a method to a generic function during runtime? >>>>> Or to merge two generic functions? For example: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> function abc end >>>>> function xyz end >>>>> >>>>> function add_method(method, func) >>>>> #Add method to func >>>>> end >>>>> >>>>> add_method(xyz) do x::Int >>>>> x*2 >>>>> end >>>>> >>>>> or >>>>> >>>>> add_method(x -> x * 4, abc) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Vinuth. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>
