For example, let’s say you have foo(x::Any) = 1 foo(x::Int) = 2 foo(x::Number) = 3 foo(x::String) = "Nu uh uh. You didn't say the magic word" so that foo is a generic function with 4 methods Let’s say I have x = 10. How would I get a list of all the foo functions applicable to x = 10 in order o…

[image] djsegal: The problem with that is it won’t chain for abstract types That is impossible to do with a function. It doesn’t have any access to the context.

How do you get super() functionality in Julia?

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djsegal August 26, 2018, 6:15pm 7

This comes up in web frameworks when you care about how information is sent up and down trees.

It just boils down to being able to call the next least specific function.

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How do you get super() functionality in Julia?

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