Remove Base.convert methods between AbstractString and Kind
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This patch removes the method `convert(::Type{String}, ::Kind)` used for
converting kinds to strings and replaces it with the already existing
method of `Base.string`. There are two reason for this: i) the method
causes invalidations when loading the package and ii) `convert` is
called implicitly in e.g. constructors and should therefore typically
only be defined between similar enough types.
This patch removes the method `Base.convert(::Type{Kind}, ::AbstractString)`
and replaces it with a `Kind(::AbstractString)` constructor. The reason
for this is that `convert` is called implicitly in e.g. constructors and
should therefore typically only be defined between similar enough types.
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This seems worth doing to me. julia> push!(["a"], K"=")
2-element Vector{String}:
"a"
"=" |
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For context, |
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Is squash merge okay? |
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I generally prefer squash merge and I think it's a good default. Some exceptions where an actual merge commit can be worthwhile:
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Enums doesn't have any converts like this either though? |
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…liaLang/JuliaSyntax.jl#500) * Remove the method `convert(::Type{String}, ::Kind)` This patch removes the method `convert(::Type{String}, ::Kind)` used for converting kinds to strings and replaces it with the already existing method of `Base.string`. There are two reason for this: i) the method causes invalidations when loading the package and ii) `convert` is called implicitly in e.g. constructors and should therefore typically only be defined between similar enough types. * Remove the method `Base.convert(::Type{Kind}, ::String)` This patch removes the method `Base.convert(::Type{Kind}, ::AbstractString)` and replaces it with a `Kind(::AbstractString)` constructor. The reason for this is that `convert` is called implicitly in e.g. constructors and should therefore typically only be defined between similar enough types.
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