No, Compat generall ports the new syntax back to old versions. What I'm suggesting is quite different, namely that in julia 0.5 if you just use `[]` for slicing without anything else, you generate a warning, and then you have to opt-in to the NEW syntax.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:julia- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Forgy > Sent: Monday, November 2, 2015 3:30 PM > To: julia-users <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [julia-users] Re: Re: are array slices views in 0.4? > > Hi David, > > I'm not an expert, i.e. I've never used it, but your idea "using OldArrays" > sounds exactly like the purpose of Compat.jl, which I believe is the > compatibility module referred to. > > Have a look and good luck: > > https://github.com/JuliaLang/Compat.jl
