Well, try running
isa(zeros(2,4,3), AbstractMatrix)
The problem here is that a(n) (Abstract)Matrix is 2-dimensional array.
On Monday, November 16, 2015 at 12:54:15 PM UTC+1, Evan wrote:
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> For a 2d array the following works:
>
> type mytype{T}
> var :: AbstractMatrix{T}
> end
>
> julia> t = mytype(zeros(4, 3))
> mytype{Float64}(4x3 Array{Float64,2}:
> 0.0 0.0 0.0
> 0.0 0.0 0.0
> 0.0 0.0 0.0
> 0.0 0.0 0.0)
>
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> But how do I extend this to a 3d array?
>
> julia> t = mytype(zeros(2, 4, 3))
> ERROR: MethodError: `convert` has no method matching convert(::Type{mytype
> {T}}, ::Array{Float64,3})
> This may have arisen from a call to the constructor mytype{T}(...),
> since type constructors fall back to convert methods.
> Closest candidates are:
> call{T}(::Type{T}, ::Any)
> convert{T}(::Type{T}, ::T)
> mytype{T}(::AbstractArray{T,2})
> in call at essentials.jl:56
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