SymDict interferes with the Dict constructor

[cstjean]

Dict{Symbol, Any}(Dict{Any, Any}(:x=>3))

returns a Dict{Symbol, Any} but

using SymDict
Dict{Symbol, Any}(Dict{Any, Any}(:x=>3))

returns a Dict{Any, Any}

[samoconnor]

Thanks @cstjean

[cstjean]

Hey, I'm sorry, I think I was not very clear in describing the problem. The issue is that the constructor on this line shadows the Base constructor for Dict(::Associative). I initially filed an issue on JuliaLang before realizing that the problem from this package. You can reproduce the bug by running the above code in two fresh Julia sessions. Dict{Symbol, Any}(dict) should always return a Dict{Symbol, Any}, but it doesn't when SymDict is imported.

[samoconnor]

Hi @cstjean,

I could indeed reproduce the problem you described.
With the fix I made it works for me now:

$ julia
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 _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  Official http://julialang.org/ release
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julia> using SymDict


julia> Dict{Symbol, Any}(Dict{Any, Any}(:x=>3))
Dict{Symbol,Any} with 1 entry:
  :x => 3

Would you suggest a different fix?

[cstjean]

I can reproduce your result, but if I import IJulia first:

julia> using IJulia

julia> Dict{Symbol, Any}(Dict{Any, Any}(:x=>3))
Dict{Symbol,Any} with 1 entry:
  :x => 3

julia> using SymDict

julia> Dict{Symbol, Any}(Dict{Any, Any}(:x=>3))
Dict{Any,Any} with 1 entry:
  :x => 3

That's really weird.

[cstjean]

New issue. Sorry for blaming SymDict!