Re: [julia-users] Help for 'mean' (version 0.4)

[cormullion]

You're right, Matt, my testing does odd things. (In version 0.3, `mean = 0` 
used to give a warning, it doesn't any more).

I'm pleased that you can get help on 0. A little disappointed that you 
can't get help on all the integers... :) 

Re: [julia-users] Help for 'mean' (version 0.4)

[Matt Bauman]

You have shadowed Base.mean with a local `mean` that was bound to `0`.  Try 
help for Base.mean and 0.

On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 1:18:17 PM UTC-4, Miguel Bazdresch wrote:
>
> The Segmentation Fault strongly suggests a glitch, not an Easter egg, 
> unfortunately... :)
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:12 PM,  wrote:
>
>> Using 0.4: 
>>
>> help?> mean
>> search: mean mean! median median! SegmentationFault macroexpand 
>> module_parent Meta enumerate Enumerate timedwait primes mask 
>> remotecall remotecall_wait remotecall_fetch MethodTable
>>
>>   0 (zero; BrE: /ˈzɪərəʊ/ or AmE: /ˈziːroʊ/) is both a number and the 
>> numerical digit used to represent that number in numerals. It fulfills a 
>> central role in 
>>   mathematics as the additive identity of the integers, real numbers, 
>> and many other algebraic structures. As a digit, 0 is used as a placeholder 
>> in 
>>   place value systems. Names for the number 0 in English include 
>> zero, nought or (US) naught (/ˈnɔːt/), nil, or — in contexts where at least 
>> one 
>>   adjacent digit distinguishes it from the letter "O" — oh or o 
>> (/ˈoʊ/). Informal or slang terms for zero include zilch and zip. Ought and 
>> aught (/ˈɔːt/), 
>>   as well as cipher, have also been used historically.
>>
>> I like this, but was expecting information about the `mean` function... :)
>>
>> I tried a few other words, but couldn't get their definitions. 
>> Disappointed not to find `zilch`:
>>
>> Couldn't find zilch
>> Perhaps you meant zip
>>
>> True enough.
>>
>> Or perhaps this is just a nice Easter egg, rather than an interesting 
>> glitch in the software matrix...
>>
>>
>

[julia-users] Help for 'mean' (version 0.4)

[cormullion]

Using 0.4: 

help?> mean
search: mean mean! median median! SegmentationFault macroexpand 
module_parent Meta enumerate Enumerate timedwait primes mask 
remotecall remotecall_wait remotecall_fetch MethodTable

  0 (zero; BrE: /ˈzɪərəʊ/ or AmE: /ˈziːroʊ/) is both a number and the 
numerical digit used to represent that number in numerals. It fulfills a 
central role in 
  mathematics as the additive identity of the integers, real numbers, 
and many other algebraic structures. As a digit, 0 is used as a placeholder 
in 
  place value systems. Names for the number 0 in English include zero, 
nought or (US) naught (/ˈnɔːt/), nil, or — in contexts where at least one 
  adjacent digit distinguishes it from the letter "O" — oh or o 
(/ˈoʊ/). Informal or slang terms for zero include zilch and zip. Ought and 
aught (/ˈɔːt/), 
  as well as cipher, have also been used historically.

I like this, but was expecting information about the `mean` function... :)

I tried a few other words, but couldn't get their definitions. Disappointed 
not to find `zilch`:

Couldn't find zilch
Perhaps you meant zip

True enough.

Or perhaps this is just a nice Easter egg, rather than an interesting 
glitch in the software matrix...

Re: [julia-users] Help for 'mean' (version 0.4)

[Miguel Bazdresch]

The Segmentation Fault strongly suggests a glitch, not an Easter egg,
unfortunately... :)

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:12 PM,  wrote:

> Using 0.4:
>
> help?> mean
> search: mean mean! median median! SegmentationFault macroexpand
> module_parent Meta enumerate Enumerate timedwait primes mask
> remotecall remotecall_wait remotecall_fetch MethodTable
>
>   0 (zero; BrE: /ˈzɪərəʊ/ or AmE: /ˈziːroʊ/) is both a number and the
> numerical digit used to represent that number in numerals. It fulfills a
> central role in
>   mathematics as the additive identity of the integers, real numbers,
> and many other algebraic structures. As a digit, 0 is used as a placeholder
> in
>   place value systems. Names for the number 0 in English include zero,
> nought or (US) naught (/ˈnɔːt/), nil, or — in contexts where at least one
>   adjacent digit distinguishes it from the letter "O" — oh or o
> (/ˈoʊ/). Informal or slang terms for zero include zilch and zip. Ought and
> aught (/ˈɔːt/),
>   as well as cipher, have also been used historically.
>
> I like this, but was expecting information about the `mean` function... :)
>
> I tried a few other words, but couldn't get their definitions.
> Disappointed not to find `zilch`:
>
> Couldn't find zilch
> Perhaps you meant zip
>
> True enough.
>
> Or perhaps this is just a nice Easter egg, rather than an interesting
> glitch in the software matrix...
>
>