I checked Compat, but it doesn't work with import or using:
julia> @compat import Base.:!
ERROR: syntax: invalid "import" statement: expected identifier
julia> import @compat Base.:!
ERROR: ArgumentError: @compat not found in path.
Run Pkg.add("@compat") to install the @compat package
in require(::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:346
On Monday, 8 August 2016 16:56:34 UTC+1, Jacob Quinn wrote:
>
> There's also a Compat.jl entry for this, see the first bullet point in the
> documentation on the README. That way, you can just do
>
> @compat Base.:!
>
> and it will be valid for both 0.4/0.5.
>
> https://github.com/JuliaLang/Compat.jl
>
> -Jacob
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Scott T <[email protected] <javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> Great, thanks. I found that
>> import Base: !
>> also works and is also compatible with 0.4/0.5.
>>
>> On Monday, 8 August 2016 15:26:46 UTC+1, Kevin Squire wrote:
>>>
>>> Try
>>>
>>> import Base.(!)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>> On Monday, August 8, 2016, Scott T <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In 0.4 I would write: import Base.!
>>>> The syntax Base.:! is not yet supported.
>>>>
>>>> In 0.5:
>>>>
>>>> julia> import Base.:!
>>>> ERROR: syntax: invalid "import" statement: expected identifier
>>>>
>>>> julia> import Base.!
>>>> ERROR: syntax: invalid operator ".!"
>>>>
>>>> What am I missing here?
>>>>
>>>
>
