beta

Author: ablaom

src/StatisticalTraits.jl

@@ -124,4 +124,22 @@ for trait in TRAITS
     eval(ex)
 end
 
+## INFO METHOD FOR QUERYING TRAITS
+
+"""
+    info(X)
+
+Return a named-tuple of trait values for `X`, keyed on a list of
+traits that are meaninful for the object.
+
+*Note on overloading.* This method can be overloaded directly, as in
+`info(X::SomeAbstractType) = ...` or, using `info(X,
+::Val{:some_trait}) = ...` where `:some_trait` is a key of
+`ScientificTypes.TRAIT_FUNCTION_GIVEN_NAME`.
+
+"""
+info(X) = info(X, Val(ScientificTypes.trait(X)))
+info(X, ::Val{:other}) = NamedTuple()
+
 end # module
+

test/runtests.jl

@@ -73,3 +73,8 @@ const NONCONSTANT = [:docstring,
         Main.eval(ex)
     end
 end
+
+
+## INFO STUB
+
+@test StatisticalTraits.info(42) == NamedTuple()