make setindex with colon fall back to fill!

JuliaLang · May 11, 2016 · df1e458 · df1e458
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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!{T}(A::Array{T}, x::Number, c::Colon) = fill!(A, x)
+setindex!{T, N}(A::Array{T, N}, x::Number, c::Vararg{Colon, N}) = fill!(A, x)
+
 # efficiently grow an array
 
 function _growat!(a::Vector, i::Integer, delta::Integer)