Merge pull request #16310 from KristofferC/kc/fill_array

make setindex with colon fall back to fill!
JuliaLang · May 13, 2016 · 10cc4a6 · 10cc4a6
2 parents bd5c857 + 2cf2999
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diff --git a/base/array.jl b/base/array.jl
@@ -383,6 +383,9 @@ function setindex!{T}(A::Array{T}, X::Array{T}, c::Colon)
     return A
 end
 
+setindex!(A::Array, x::Number, ::Colon) = fill!(A, x)
+setindex!{T, N}(A::Array{T, N}, x::Number, ::Vararg{Colon, N}) = fill!(A, x)
+
 # efficiently grow an array
 
 function _growat!(a::Vector, i::Integer, delta::Integer)