By: oxinabox.github.io

Re-posted from: https://white.ucc.asn.au/2018/10/03/Dispatch,-Traits-and-Metaprogramming-Over-Reflection.html

This is a blog post about about dispatch.
Mostly, single dispatch, though it trivially generalises to multiple dispatch,
because julia is a multiple dispatch language.

This post starts simple, and becomes complex.

• Beginning with, introductory julia skills: dispatch
• continue to intermidate julia skills: traits
• and finishing up with advanced techniques: metaprogramming over reflection

The last of which is kinda evil.

Continue reading →

By: oxinabox.github.io

Re-posted from: https://www.oxinabox.net/2018/10/03/Dispatch,-Traits-and-Metaprogramming-Over-Reflection.html

This is a blog post about about dispatch.
Mostly, single dispatch, though it trivially generalises to multiple dispatch,
because julia is a multiple dispatch language.

This post starts simple, and becomes complex.

• Beginning with, introductory julia skills: dispatch
• continue to intermidate julia skills: traits
• and finishing up with advanced techniques: metaprogramming over reflection

The last of which is kinda evil.

Continue reading →