Hi If I declare an alias such as const MyType = YourType{2} and I implement let say Base.show(io::IO, x::MyType,...), I suppose it is type piracy. However, when composing different package it is tempting to do such piracy. Here is an exemple: I want to perform operations on arrays of measurment f…

Type alias and type piracy

nsajko June 12, 2025, 9:22pm 4

What @Benny is implicitly suggesting, by “waiting for a contribution to the original package”, is to make a PR instead of doing type piracy.

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