Dear all, I was wonder if it is possible to do in Julia what I can do in other languages, such as define a user type, as for instance
type Point x::Float64 y::Float64 end and then define a new varible of that type, but do not initialize it, as in z::Point which obviously doesn't work (unless in the local scope of a function, with z being passed as an argument to the function). I ask because I am used to use pointers (in other languages), declare the pointer, allocate room for the object, and then use an instance of the object and initialize the different components in the order I like. I mean to say something of the form, inventing my own instructions :) ype Point x::Float64 y::Float64 end z::Point allocate(z) z.y = 2.0 z.x = 3.1 In Julia the only way I know to initialize the object is to pass values to it in exactly the same order the different fields appear in the type deffinition. Look as I have changed this order in my invented piexe of code... Any hint appreciated. Thanks.
