Short version: I want something that serves the role of “methods for structs”, where the content of the struct depends nontrivially on the parameter (just as the content of a method can depend on the type of an argument). Obviously I can have struct MyStruct{T} field_a::T field_b::T end b…

[image] slawrence: return Leg{A}(a) # Nope, this is an error obviously Actually, not if you define this constructor for the abstract type :slight_smile: Leg{<:Cat}(A) = CatLeg(A)

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aryavorskiy May 24, 2024, 10:37pm 5

Actually, not if you define this constructor for the abstract type

Leg{<:Cat}(A) = CatLeg(A)

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