Javis.jl – Julia Animations and Visualizations

44 points by thecedarprince 4 years ago | 5 comments

oxinabox 4 years ago |

Why does Javis use `act!(object, action)` rather than making actions callable structs so you could do `action(object)` ?

Mageek 4 years ago | |

Julia is not object-oriented. If you want to dispatch on the type of action, you include it in the method signature.

DNF2 4 years ago | | |

Actually, callable structs are a common pattern in Julia, and are not in opposition to multiple dispatch.

You are probably thinking of dot-method syntax, like this

  object.action()

StefanKarpinski 4 years ago | |

Might make it easier to dispatch on both the object and the action? Just a wild guess.

oxinabox 4 years ago | | |

Right, can't to abstract callable overloads in older versions of julia