I understand that generated functions are generated “on demand” and therefore all used methods have to be defined before: julia> @generated g() = (@show f(1); nothing) g (generic function with 1 method) julia> f(x) = x f (generic function with 1 method) julia> g() ERROR: MethodError: no method ma…

Redefining a method used in a generated function

yuyichao February 27, 2020, 2:06pm 3

It is garanteed to not work. If it does then it’s a bug.

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