I have always been bugged by the names Complex128 = Complex{Float64}, etc, as there is always (probably because I’m not a heavy user) a tiny mental step to divide the number to know the actual precision (64 bits for Complex128). I would find it clearer to have Complex64 meaning Complex{Float64}, so …

Rename Complex2n to Complexn?

tobias.knopp September 27, 2017, 9:43pm 6

complex128 and complex64 are also present in numpy. So there is some more history than just Julia for these primitives

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