Say I want to create a function that has two methods, each dispatching on a specific (sub)type: abstract type AbstractFooBar end struct Foo <: AbstractFooBar end struct Bar <: AbstractFooBar end There are (at least) two ways to do this: f(::Type{Foo}) = 1 f(::Type{Bar}) = 2 f(Foo) == 1 f(Bar) =…

Best practices for type dispatch?

ChrisRackauckas April 11, 2017, 6:10pm 2

Duplicate. Here’s my answer.

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