See
https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/7941
and the related issues, particularly
https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/2488
https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/3737
Best,
Tamas
On Mon, Mar 07 2016, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In the last major release of Julia some syntax was deprecated. For example:
>
> {"a" => 3} # Deprecated. Use Dict("a" => 3)
>
> [1:10] # Deprecated. Use collect(1:10)
>
> There was also a change with the commas, but I can't remember what it is.
> Some times I get an error saying that apparently I'm supposed to use a
> semicolon, but I can't remember when that happens.
>
> Anyway, I miss the earlier cleaner syntax. Mainly, I don't like
> "collect(1:10)". I don't mind Dict(), because it's not something I write
> very often, and "Dict" is short enough. But I don't like having to write
> "collect(1:10)" as often as I do. Can someone explain what happened? What
> was wrong with the original syntax? MATLAB has managed to survive with the
> [1:10] syntax for a long time, so I don't see why it's so terrible.
>
> In general, I like compact syntax and that is one of the reasons why I
> switched to Julia. I would rather not see Julia become more verbose over
> time.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
