How to flag Base functions that are being shadowed?

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1

Is there a way to highlight instances of function shadowing such as

julia> struct MyType end

julia> Matrix(::MyType) = ones(2,2)
Matrix (generic function with 1 method)

where a new Matrix function is created in a module, instead of a method being added?

2

I don’t know the context, of course, but would it make sense to write Base.Matrix(::MyType) =...?

3

That’s how it should be written. I’m trying to find instances where it’s written incorrectly so that I can fix them.

4

You can check if a name was exported by Base and isn’t assigned the same thing in the current module: isshadowed(name::Symbol, current::Module, origin::Module) = name in names(origin) && getproperty(current, name) !== getproperty(origin, name), called like isshadowed(:Matrix, @__MODULE__, Base). Checking all the names at opportune times is the tricky bit.

5

Oh, sorry, I misinterpreted.