Add Matrix(I, dims) constructor

JuliaLang · Jan 22, 2018 · 9ff27f3 · 9ff27f3
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diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -1310,6 +1310,10 @@ end
     export parentmodule
 end
 
+@static if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.2541"
+    (::Type{Matrix}){T}(I::UniformScaling{T}, dims...) = eye(T, dims...)
+end
+
 include("deprecated.jl")
 
 end # module Compat
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1168,6 +1168,10 @@ end
 # 0.7.0-DEV.3415
 @test findall(x -> x==1, [1, 2, 3, 2, 1]) == [1, 5]
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.2541
+@test Matrix(I, 2, 2) == [1 0; 0 1]
+@test eltype(Matrix(1.0I, 3, 3)) == Float64
+
 if VERSION < v"0.6.0"
     include("deprecated.jl")
 end