Should `min.(1,f)` be broadcasting as `broadcast(x->min(1,x),f)`?

[yuyichao]

@dlfivefifty

In my case, min.(1,f) will just not work, so the choice is either it sometimes work or it never works. I’d prefer sometimes works.

So don’t redefine broadcast as I mentioned?

@dlfivefifty

broadcast!(::typeof(*), a::Number, b::Vector) = scale!(a,b)

I hope you mean Vector first, but

1. No it won’t be faster (if it is, it’s a performance bug).
2. If you are just defining optimization, it is perfectly valid and you are not supposed to be able to observe the difference.

@dlfivefifty

Julia is not a static compiled language.

The high performance part of julia is a statically compiled language.

@dlfivefifty

The REPL is real timing for a lot of people.

That’s exactly why we document and comment in all different places so that people don’t do this.