Suppose I want to implement some “numbers” (which should at least be a ring in the mathematical sense) in Julia. The documentation says that Number is the abstract supertype for all number types. Does Julia put any assumptions on elements of type Number that are needed for some functions accepting n…

What exactly is a `Number`?

Mattriks March 3, 2022, 1:51am 2

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