Merge pull request #185 from JuliaLang/teh/remoteref

Add support for RemoteChannel/RemoteRef
JuliaLang · Apr 20, 2016 · cc3f69b · cc3f69b
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diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -528,6 +528,9 @@ function _compat(ex::Symbol)
     if VERSION < v"0.4.0-dev+768" && ex === :Void
         return :Nothing
     end
+    if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev+1343" && (ex == :Future || ex == :RemoteChannel)
+        return :RemoteRef
+    end
     return ex
 end
 _compat(ex) = ex

diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -994,3 +994,13 @@ cd(dirwalk) do
 
 end
 rm(dirwalk, recursive=true)
+
+# RemoteChannel/Future
+r = remotecall(sin, 1, pi/3)
+@compat foo(r::Future) = 7
+@test foo(r) == 7
+if VERSION < v"0.4.0"
+    @compat rc = RemoteChannel(1,2,3)
+else
+    @compat rc = RemoteChannel{Channel{Any}}(1,2,3)
+end