Good idea! I think more self explanatory naming would be @deftype and @defimmutable though
On Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 4:00:13 AM UTC+13, Cedric St-Jean wrote: > > Types are central to Julia programming, but the built-in `type` and > `immutable` definitions can be cumbersome to write. QuickTypes.jl > <https://github.com/cstjean/QuickTypes.jl> provides two alternative > macros, *@qtype* and *@qimmutable, *with a more convenient syntax: > > Pkg.add("QuickTypes") # to install > using QuickTypes > > @qtype Wall(width, height) > > # Optional and keyword-arguments > @qtype Cat(name, age::Int, nlegs=4; species="Siamese") > > # Parametric type > @qtype Pack{T}(animals::Vector{T}) > > # Inheritance > abstract Tree > @qtype Maple(qty_syrup::Float64) <: Tree > > # Immutables work the same way > @qimmutable SquaredNumber(x2::Number) > >
