TypeStability.jl

This package provides functions to automate checking functions for type stability. The checks are only run when enabled, which allows the function signatures that need to perform well to be located with the actual code without hurting runtime performance.

TypeStability.jl is tested on Julia versions 0.6 through 1.1.

TypeStability.jl is licensed under the MIT "Expat" license. See LICENSE.md for more information.

Run Pkg.add(TypeStability) to install the latest stable version of TypeStability. Then TypeStability can be usinged or imported.

Documentation is located at https://collegeville.github.io/TypeStability.jl/stable/ or, for the latest version, https://collegeville.github.io/TypeStability.jl/latest/

The function enable_inline_stability_checks(::Bool) enables running the stability checks, while the macro @stablefunction(signatures, function) handles running the checks.

julia> using TypeStability

julia> enable_inline_stability_checks(true)
true

julia> @stable_function [(Float64,)] function f(x)
                          if x > 0
                              x
                          else
                              Int(0)
                          end
                      end
f(Float64) is not stable
  return is of type Union{Float64, Int64}

julia> f
f (generic function with 1 method)

julia> @stable_function [(Float64,)] function g(x)
                          if x > 0
                              x
                          else
                             0.0
                          end
                      end

julia> g
g (generic function with 1 method)

See CONTRIBUTING.md for instructions on contrinbuting to TypeStability.jl.