Suppose I have an abstract parametric type with two subtypes:
abstract type A{T} end
struct B{T} <: A{T} end
struct C{T} <: A{T} end
I want to write a general function that takes either of these types with some T
, and returns the same type — but with a different parameter. I'm having a hard time searching for this because I don't even know what words to use for this concept.
Obviously, I could code these up explicitly:
f(a::B{T}) where T = B{Float64}()
f(a::C{T}) where T = C{Float64}()
But we're all much too sensible and lazy for that. I know that I could loop over [:B, :C]
and @eval
these methods into existence, but that's getting complicated quickly. Is there some simpler and/or more elegant method?
I feel like I should be able to do something like
f(a::D{T}) where {T, D<:A} = D{Float64}()
But all my attempts are being rejected.
From this very old discussion https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extract-type-name-only-from-parametric-type/14188/20
f(a::T) where {T <: A} = Base.typename(T).wrapper{Float64}()
julia> x = B{Int}()
B{Int64}()
julia> f(x)
B{Float64}()
julia> x = C{Int}()
C{Int64}()
julia> f(x)
C{Float64}()
It's somewhat scary of course, but still valid.
Probably there are better ways already.
This looks like a good solution. Should also work when somebody else comes along and creates another subtype; my loop over [:B, :C]
wouldn't work for those types. Thanks!
Yeah, this is something that for whatever reason, the julia devs seem to thing is not important enough to be an actual language feature and I don't understand why
I think the recent comments in https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/35543 suggest it will be made a language feature soon-ish
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