Sorry, my second function is wrong.
The following solves the problem.
call{T}(::Type{Base.SharedArray{T}}, x::Int64) = SharedArray(T, x)
On Friday, October 9, 2015 at 3:12:57 PM UTC+2, cheng wang wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> For example, In julia 0.4, SharedArray{Int}(100) does not work, while
> Array{Int}(100).
> It's kind of inconsistency, though we could get around it by
> SharedArray(Int, 100).
>
> Is there any particular reason for not having SharedArray{T}() constructor?
>
>
> And I also tried to define a new constructor for SharedArray like the
> follow:
> 1. SharedArray{T}(x::Int) = SharedArray(T, Int) or,
> 2. call{T}(Type{Base.SharedArray{T}}, x::Int64) = SharedArray(T, x)
> Both are illegal. The first one is because T is not used in parameters.
> and the second one is because "Type{Base.SharedArray{T}}" is invalid.
>
> But intuitively, I thought both should be right. Can someone also explain
> this?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
