Add Compat.REPL (#469)

README.md

@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 * `using Compat.Libdl` is provided on versions older than 0.7, where this library is
   not yet part of the standard library ([#25459]).
 
+* `using Compat.REPL` is provided on versions older than 0.7, where this library is
+  not yet part of the standard library ([#25544]).
+
 ## New functions, macros, and methods
 
 * `@views` takes an expression and converts all slices to views ([#20164]), while
@@ -483,6 +486,7 @@ includes this fix. Find the minimum version from there.
 [#25249]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25249
 [#25402]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25402
 [#25459]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25459
+[#25544]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25544
 [#25545]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25545
 [#25571]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25571
 [#25629]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25629

src/Compat.jl

@@ -831,6 +831,12 @@ else
     import SuiteSparse
 end
 
+@static if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.3500"
+    const REPL = Base.REPL
+else
+    import REPL
+end
+
 # 0.7.0-DEV.1993
 @static if !isdefined(Base, :EqualTo)
     if VERSION >= v"0.6.0"

test/runtests.jl

@@ -1175,6 +1175,14 @@ end
 # 0.7.0-DEV.3415
 @test findall(x -> x==1, [1, 2, 3, 2, 1]) == [1, 5]
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.3500
+module TestREPL
+    using Compat
+    using Compat.REPL
+    using Compat.Test
+    @test isdefined(@__MODULE__, :REPL)
+end
+
 if VERSION < v"0.6.0"
     include("deprecated.jl")
 end