Deniz, I think you could use a macro:
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julia> macro foo(k, v)
quote
$(esc(k)) = $v
@show bar
end
end
julia> @foo bar 42
bar = 42
42
julia> bar
42
julia> @foo baz bar + 1
bar = 42
42
julia> baz
43
El lunes, 2 de noviembre de 2015, 11:52:38 (UTC-6), Deniz Yuret escribió:
>
> If I have the following function:
>
> function foo(k,v)
> @eval ($(symbol(k))=$v)
> println(bar)
> end
>
>
> and I call it with:
>
> foo("bar", 5)
>
> then the global variable bar is set to 5 and the function prints 5.
>
> Is there any way to make @eval set a local variable inside foo instead?
> (I tried prefixing the assignment with local which didn't work).
>
> thanks,
> deniz
>
>
