When using different (but convertible) types in a constructor, for “standard” structs the types get converted automatically, e.g. struct Struct1 x:: Float64 y end s1b = Struct1(5, 1) # output: Struct1b(5.0, 1) However, this is not done if the struct has a type parameter (even if this para…

No automatic type promotion for parametric structs

jakobnissen June 16, 2021, 11:50am 9

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