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Hands-On Design Patterns and Best Practices with Julia

You're reading from   Hands-On Design Patterns and Best Practices with Julia Proven solutions to common problems in software design for Julia 1.x

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838648817
Length 532 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started with Design Patterns
2. Design Patterns and Related Principles FREE CHAPTER 3. Section 2: Julia Fundamentals
4. Modules, Packages, and Data Type Concepts 5. Designing Functions and Interfaces 6. Macros and Metaprogramming Techniques 7. Section 3: Implementing Design Patterns
8. Reusability Patterns 9. Performance Patterns 10. Maintainability Patterns 11. Robustness Patterns 12. Miscellaneous Patterns 13. Anti-Patterns 14. Traditional Object-Oriented Patterns 15. Section 4: Advanced Topics
16. Inheritance and Variance 17. Assessments 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 3

How are positional arguments different from keyword arguments?

Position arguments must be passed in the same order as they are defined in the function signature. They are typically mandatory, but can be made optional when default values are provided. Keyword arguments can be passed in any order that they are written, and they are optional when default value is not provided.

What is the difference between splatting and slurping?

Splatting and slurping have the same syntax but mean different things in different contexts. Splatting refers to the automatic assignment of function arguments from a tuple or array. Slurping refers to the process of passing multiple function arguments, which becomes a single tuple variable accessible from the body of the function.

What is the purpose of do-syntax?

Do-syntax is a convenient way of formatting a block of code that is needed to be...

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