I hope Julia is not ready to drop the immediacy of clarity when it is new-found and current use adjacent (e.g. "shape-preserving f(g(x) for x in A)"). It is reasonable that `collect` become this better version of its prior self; and, if desired, a vector-only version would have a new name or way of indication. `collectvec( __ )` might do `reshape( (__), prod(size(__)) )`
On Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 5:54:25 PM UTC-4, Jeff Bezanson wrote: > > Yes, so far this is intended. We want a shape-preserving `collect` for > implementing comprehensions, for example `collect(2x for x in A)`. > However a case could be made that `collect` should continue to return > only vectors, and the shape-preserving version should have a new name. > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 3:41 PM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am not sure if this is the right place to post questions about version > > 0.5.0-, but I'll give it a try anyhow. > > > > In 0.4.5, collect([1 2]) gives Array{Int64,1}, like a column vector. > > > > In 0.5.0_ (as of 25 May, Win64), collect([1 2]) gives Array{Int64,2}, > like a > > row vector. > > > > Is this intended? (...just struggling to prepare for the next release) > > > > /Paul S >
