Syntax issue in MAT package

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In the MAT_v5.jl of MAT Package, I’ve seen the following definition

type Matlabv5File <: HDF5.DataFile
ios::IOStream
swap_bytes::Bool
varnames::Dict{String, Int64}

Matlabv5File(ios, swap_bytes) = new(ios, swap_bytes)

end

But after I went through the julia syntax documentation, I didn’t find any that can define a composite type using “type…end”. Isn’t is supposed to be “struct…end”? Does the author of the package define his own keyword? Could any explain this? Thanks.

3

OK. Just found out “type…end” is used in older versions for defining composite type

4

The MAT package hasn’t been updated for Julia 1.0 yet but there are multiple pull requests working towards this at https://github.com/JuliaIO/MAT.jl/pulls, so it shouldn’t be too far off.

5

Got it. Thanks for the response, Gunnar!

6

In the mean time, I have been using
]add https://github.com/denizyuret/MAT.jl#julia-1.0

7

Thx, man