Defining types in a module and then reloading the module helps. The bindings get messy though, so it's best to qualify all accesses when you're developing like that. This is kind of an annoyance – not sure how hard it would be to fix but it should be doable.
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Kristoffer Carlsson <[email protected] > wrote: > I have a file that defines a type and a few functions. Sometimes I want to > reload this file in the REPL to update some modified functions in the file. > If the type is parameterized then this will fail even though the type > definition does not change. > > Example: > > > julia> type Foo > a::Int > end > > julia> type Foo > a::Int > end > > julia> type Foo2{T} > a::T > end > > julia> type Foo2{T} > a::T > end > ERROR: invalid redefinition of constant Foo2 > > > Is there a good way to work around this? I don't really want to > workspace() all the time because then I have to compile everything again. >
