Compat.Random (#460)

README.md

@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 * `using Compat.SparseArrays` is provided on versions older than 0.7, where this library is
   not yet part of the standard library ([#25249]).
 
+* `using Compat.Random` is provided on versions older than 0.7, where this library is
+  not yet part of the standard library ([#24874]).
+
 ## New functions, macros, and methods
 
 * `@views` takes an expression and converts all slices to views ([#20164]), while
@@ -438,6 +441,7 @@ includes this fix. Find the minimum version from there.
 [#24714]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24714
 [#24785]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24785
 [#24808]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24808
+[#24874]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24874
 [#25012]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25012
 [#25021]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25021
 [#25056]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25056

src/Compat.jl

@@ -802,6 +802,12 @@ else
     import SparseArrays
 end
 
+if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.3406"
+    const Random = Base.Random
+else
+    import Random
+end
+
 if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.2609"
     @eval module SuiteSparse
         if Base.USE_GPL_LIBS

test/runtests.jl

@@ -1084,6 +1084,10 @@ let A = [0, 0, 0], B = [1, 2, 3]
     @test unsafe_copyto!(A, 2, B, 1, 1) === A == [0, 1, 0]
 end
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.3406
+using Compat.Random
+@test rand(MersenneTwister(1234)) == 0.5908446386657102
+
 # 0.7
 @test contains("Hello, World!", r"World")