In Julia, what is difference between defining a variable as const
and defining a variable as const global
? Considering the following example, what is the difference if I change const global
to const
?
#set number of cores
number_cores=7;
addprocs(number_cores)
#include necessary functions
@everywhere include("$(pwd())\\lib.jl");
const global n = 2; # number of observables
const global k = nVAR + 2*n-1; # number of states
const global m = k*q;
pmap(a->parallel_un(a,n,k,m),1:7)
There are two cases:
const
and const global
are the same;const
is deprecated in Julia 0.7 and using const global
is acceptable and defines a global constant.Here is an example session:
_
_ _ _(_)_ | A fresh approach to technical computing
(_) | (_) (_) | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
_ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?help" for help.
| | | | | | |/ _` | |
| | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 0.7.0-DEV.3404 (2018-01-14 21:52 UTC)
_/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_| | Commit d569a2923c* (30 days old master)
|__/ | x86_64-w64-mingw32
julia> f() = (const global x = 1)
f (generic function with 1 method)
julia> f()
1
julia> x = "a"
ERROR: invalid redefinition of constant x
julia> g() = (const global y = 1)
g (generic function with 1 method)
julia> y = 1
1
julia> g()
ERROR: cannot declare y constant; it already has a value
Stacktrace:
[1] g() at .\REPL[4]:1
[2] top-level scope