Auto bumping ref type to the next larger int type

[tk3369]

Hi there. Great package!

Is there any reason not to make it smarter by automatically bumping to the next larger int type? I can do that manually but thought it could be a nice feature.

julia> x = PooledArray(fill(1,300));

julia> typeof(x)
PooledArrays.PooledArray{Int64,UInt8,1,Array{UInt8,1}}

julia> x[1:300] = 1:300
ERROR: You're using a PooledArray with ref type UInt8, which can only hold 255 values,
and you just tried to add the 256th reference.  Please change the ref type
to a larger int type, or use the default ref type (UInt32).

[shashi]

This is not possible since we would have to change the type of x...

[bkamins]

Can this be closed?

[tk3369]

I’m ok if there’s no interest.

[bkamins]

I think what @shashi says that that this size is a part of type parametrization of the PooledArray type.

[tk3369]

That’s true 😅