Vector is the type you're looking for – the type which includes Vector{T}
for any T. Vector{Any} is a vector whose element type is `Any`
specifically, a much more specific type. We don't yet have a notation for
Vector{<:T} but it will likely be something like that.On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 8:08 AM, DNF <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 11:50:43 AM UTC+2, DNF wrote: >> >> >> This works, however, even though Vector is not a subtype of Vector{Any}: >> >> goodbye(v::Vector) = println("bye, bye") >> goodbye (generic function with 1 method) >> >> goodbye([2,'a']) >> bye, bye >> >>> goodbye([2,2]) >> bye, bye >> > > This is a bit backwards. Vector{Any} is a subtype of Vector, of course! > > Perhaps I was expecting too much. I was envisioning a list containing > 'any' sort of elements, and that would include vectors with all types of > elements. After checking I see that numpy arrays are not a subclass of > list, so Vector{Any} is sort of analogous to python 'list'. It just > requires some extra thinking to realize that Vector{'anything'} is not > included in that group. >
