try this:
type LoHiPair{T<:Real}
lo::T
hi::T
function LoHiPair{A}(lo::A, hi::A)
if lo > hi
throw( error("out of order") )
end
new(lo, hi)
end
end
LoHiPair{T<:Real}(lo::T, hi::T) = LoHiPair{T}(lo, hi)
On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 3:57:59 PM UTC-4, CrocoDuck O'Ducks wrote:
>
> Hi there!
>
> I was reading this
> <http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.4/manual/constructors/#inner-constructor-methods>
>
> and trying the code, which I saved into a file called test.jl:
>
> type OrderedPair
> x::Real
> y::Real
>
> OrderedPair(x,y) = x > y ? error("out of order") : new(x,y)
> end
>
>
> If I use lintfile("test.jl") I get this:
>
> ConstrTest.jl:5 E611 : constructor doesn't seem to return the constructed
> object
>
> I am implementing a similar constructor for a project of mine and I was
> wondering whether, in general, the use of error() in the constructor is
> good practice or if I should prefer other ways to solve the problem.
>
