Julia: the function ` init()` has undocumented behavior

Created on 2 Mar 2019 · 3Comments · Source: JuliaLang/julia

the function __init__() in a module seems to automatically executed in module import/using. but searching the help system do not give any information on the function.

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DrKrar

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https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/modules/index.html#Module-initialization-and-precompilation-1

We could special case that symbol in the REPL help system

KristofferC on 2 Mar 2019

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https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/modules/index.html#Module-initialization-and-precompilation-1

We could special case that symbol in the REPL help system

KristofferC on 2 Mar 2019

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I'm working on this. I'd like to be assigned this issue

Poulami-Sarkar on 19 Mar 2019

Issues can only be assigned to maintainers (this is a GitHub limitation). Just go ahead and make a pull request to fix this. If you mention this issue number in the pull request text, it will be cross-linked and people can see that you're working on it. Welcome and thanks for the contribution!