I have a custom type that includes a string as it’s unique ID. I would like to simplify operations by permitting lookups of this object by just the String. I proceed with the basic construction and of course it doesn’t work by default. julia> struct MyString name::String end julia> a…

How to make dict lookups work with an overloaded == and hash function

Oscar_Smith October 1, 2022, 11:19pm 2

you need all three.

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