Merge pull request #132 from JuliaMath/stevengj-patch-1

support precision(x, base=...) in Julia 1.8
JuliaMath · Oct 25, 2021 · 2f307fe · 2f307fe
2 parents caad59e + f4fa0db
commit 2f307fe
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diff --git a/src/Double.jl b/src/Double.jl
@@ -213,8 +213,10 @@ DoubleFloat(x::Int64) = Double64(x, zero(Int64))
 DoubleFloat(x::Int32) = Double32(x, zero(Int32))
 DoubleFloat(x::Int16) = Double16(x, zero(Int16))
 
-
-precision(::Type{DoubleFloat{T}}) where {T<:IEEEFloat} = 2*precision(T)
+# overload Base._precision to support the base keyword in Julia 1.8
+let precision = isdefined(Base, :_precision) ? :_precision : :precision
+    @eval Base.$precision(::Type{DoubleFloat{T}}) where {T<:IEEEFloat} = 2*Base.$precision(T)
+end
 
 eltype(::Type{Double64}) = Double64
 eltype(::Type{Double32}) = Double32