Apparently, it’s currently impossible to extend builtin functions. Is there an effort to change this? Or is there a way around the restriction already? The issue came up in a feature request for NumberIntervals.jl .

Extending builtin functions like ifelse()

yuyichao August 8, 2019, 8:11pm 4

You can open one about removing the ifelse builtin and replacing it with a branch if you want.

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