Deprecate symbol (to Symbol)

base/REPL.jl

@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ function hist_from_file(hp, file)
             m = match(r"^#\s*(\w+)\s*:\s*(.*?)\s*$", line)
             m === nothing && break
             if m.captures[1] == "mode"
-                mode = symbol(m.captures[2])
+                mode = Symbol(m.captures[2])
             end
             line = hist_getline(file)
             countlines += 1
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ function setup_interface(repl::LineEditREPL; hascolor = repl.hascolor, extra_rep
         # and pass into Base.repl_cmd for processing (handles `ls` and `cd`
         # special)
         on_done = respond(repl, julia_prompt) do line
-            Expr(:call, :(Base.repl_cmd), macroexpand(Expr(:macrocall, symbol("@cmd"),line)), outstream(repl))
+            Expr(:call, :(Base.repl_cmd), macroexpand(Expr(:macrocall, Symbol("@cmd"),line)), outstream(repl))
         end)
 
 

base/abstractarray.jl

@@ -968,11 +968,11 @@ end
     exprs = Expr[:(ind = ind-1)]
     for i = 1:N-1
         push!(exprs,:(ind2 = div(ind,dims[$i])))
-        push!(exprs,Expr(:(=),symbol(:s,i),:(ind-dims[$i]*ind2+1)))
+        push!(exprs,Expr(:(=),Symbol(:s,i),:(ind-dims[$i]*ind2+1)))
         push!(exprs,:(ind=ind2))
     end
-    push!(exprs,Expr(:(=),symbol(:s,N),:(ind+1)))
-    Expr(:block,meta,exprs...,Expr(:tuple,[symbol(:s,i) for i=1:N]...))
+    push!(exprs,Expr(:(=),Symbol(:s,N),:(ind+1)))
+    Expr(:block,meta,exprs...,Expr(:tuple,[Symbol(:s,i) for i=1:N]...))
 end
 
 ind2sub(a::AbstractArray, ind::Integer) = ind2sub(size(a), ind)

base/atomics.jl

@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ for typ in atomictypes
     end
     for rmwop in [:xchg, :add, :sub, :and, :nand, :or, :xor, :max, :min]
         rmw = string(rmwop)
-        fn = symbol("atomic_", rmw, "!")
+        fn = Symbol("atomic_", rmw, "!")
         if (rmw == "max" || rmw == "min") && typ <: Unsigned
             # LLVM distinguishes signedness in the operation, not the integer type.
             rmw = "u" * rmw
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ end
 const opnames = Dict{Symbol, Symbol}(:+ => :add, :- => :sub)
 for op in [:+, :-, :max, :min]
     opname = get(opnames, op, op)
-    @eval function $(symbol("atomic_", opname, "!")){T<:FloatTypes}(var::Atomic{T}, val::T)
+    @eval function $(Symbol("atomic_", opname, "!")){T<:FloatTypes}(var::Atomic{T}, val::T)
         IT = inttype(T)
         old = var[]
         while true

base/broadcast.jl

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function gen_broadcast_body_iter_tobitarray(nd::Int, narrays::Int, f)
 end
 
 function gen_broadcast_function(genbody::Function, nd::Int, narrays::Int, f)
-    As = [symbol("A_"*string(i)) for i = 1:narrays]
+    As = [Symbol("A_",i) for i = 1:narrays]
     body = genbody(nd, narrays, f)
     @eval let
         local _F_
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ function gen_broadcast_function(genbody::Function, nd::Int, narrays::Int, f)
 end
 
 function gen_broadcast_function_tobitarray(genbody::Function, nd::Int, narrays::Int, f)
-    As = [symbol("A_"*string(i)) for i = 1:narrays]
+    As = [Symbol("A_",i) for i = 1:narrays]
     body = genbody(nd, narrays, f)
     @eval let
         local _F_

base/cartesian.jl

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ function inlineanonymous(ex::Expr, val)
 end
 
 # Given :i and 3, this generates :i_3
-inlineanonymous(base::Symbol, ext) = symbol(base,"_",string(ext))
+inlineanonymous(base::Symbol, ext) = Symbol(base,"_",string(ext))
 
 # Replace a symbol by a value or a "coded" symbol
 # E.g., for d = 3,
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ lreplace(ex, sym::Symbol, val) = lreplace!(copy(ex), LReplace(sym, val))
 
 function lreplace!(sym::Symbol, r::LReplace)
     sym == r.pat_sym && return r.val
-    symbol(lreplace!(string(sym), r))
+    Symbol(lreplace!(string(sym), r))
 end
 
 function lreplace!(str::AbstractString, r::LReplace)
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ function lreplace!(ex::Expr, r::LReplace)
     if ex.head == :curly && length(ex.args) == 2 && isa(ex.args[1], Symbol) && endswith(string(ex.args[1]), "_")
         excurly = Base.Cartesian.exprresolve(lreplace!(ex.args[2], r))
         if isa(excurly, Number)
-            return symbol(ex.args[1],excurly)
+            return Symbol(ex.args[1],excurly)
         else
             ex.args[2] = excurly
             return ex

base/client.jl

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ default_color_info = :blue
 color_normal = text_colors[:normal]
 
 function repl_color(key, default)
-    c = symbol(get(ENV, key, ""))
+    c = Symbol(get(ENV, key, ""))
     haskey(text_colors, c) ? c : default
 end
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ function load_machine_file(path::AbstractString)
     for line in split(readstring(path),'\n'; keep=false)
         s = map!(strip, split(line,'*'; keep=false))
         if length(s) > 1
-            cnt = isnumber(s[1]) ? parse(Int,s[1]) : symbol(s[1])
+            cnt = isnumber(s[1]) ? parse(Int,s[1]) : Symbol(s[1])
             push!(machines,(s[2], cnt))
         else
             push!(machines,line)

base/dates/accessors.jl

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ end
 
 for parts in (["year", "month"], ["month", "day"], ["year", "month", "day"])
     name = join(parts)
-    func = symbol(name)
+    func = Symbol(name)
     @eval begin
         @doc """
             $($name)(dt::TimeType) -> ($(join(repeated(Int64, length($parts)), ", ")))

base/dates/arithmetic.jl

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ end
 (-)(y::Period,x::TimeType) = x - y
 
 for op in (:.+, :.-)
-    op_ = symbol(string(op)[2:end])
+    op_ = Symbol(string(op)[2])
     @eval begin
         # GeneralPeriod, AbstractArray{TimeType}
         ($op){T<:TimeType}(x::AbstractArray{T}, y::GeneralPeriod) =

base/dates/periods.jl

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ for period in (:Year, :Month, :Week, :Day, :Hour, :Minute, :Second, :Millisecond
 
         The $($accessor_str) part of a $($description) as a `$($period_str)`.$($reference)
         """ ->
-        $period(dt::$(symbol(typ_str))) = $period($(symbol(accessor_str))(dt))
+        $period(dt::$(Symbol(typ_str))) = $period($(Symbol(accessor_str))(dt))
 
         @doc """
             $($period_str)(v)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ for (op,Ty,Tz) in ((:.*,Real,:P),
                    (:.%,:P,:P),
                    (:mod,:P,:P))
     sop = string(op)
-    op_ = sop[1] == '.' ? symbol(sop[2:end]) : op
+    op_ = sop[1] == '.' ? Symbol(sop[2]) : op
     @eval begin
         function ($op){P<:Period}(X::StridedArray{P},y::$Ty)
             Z = similar(X, $Tz)
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ GeneralPeriod = Union{Period,CompoundPeriod}
 (+){P<:GeneralPeriod}(x::StridedArray{P}) = x
 
 for op in (:.+, :.-)
-    op_ = symbol(string(op)[2:end])
+    op_ = Symbol(string(op)[2])
     @eval begin
         function ($op){P<:GeneralPeriod}(X::StridedArray{P},y::GeneralPeriod)
             Z = similar(X, CompoundPeriod)

base/deprecated.jl

@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ end
 @deprecate_binding MathConst Irrational
 
 macro math_const(sym, val, def)
-    depwarn("@math_const is deprecated and renamed to @irrational.", symbol("@math_const"))
+    depwarn("@math_const is deprecated and renamed to @irrational.", Symbol("@math_const"))
     :(@irrational $(esc(sym)) $(esc(val)) $(esc(def)))
 end
 export @math_const
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ include("require.jl")
         # require("Foo") --- ambiguous. might be file or package
         filename = maybe_require_file(f)
         if filename == f
-            mod = symbol(require_modname(f))
+            mod = Symbol(require_modname(f))
             M = current_module()
             if isdefined(M,mod) && isa(eval(M,mod),Module)
                 return
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ end
 
 #14474
 macro boundscheck(yesno,blk)
-    depwarn("The meaning of `@boundscheck` has changed. It now indicates that the provided code block performs bounds checking, and may be elided when inbounds.", symbol("@boundscheck"))
+    depwarn("The meaning of `@boundscheck` has changed. It now indicates that the provided code block performs bounds checking, and may be elided when inbounds.", Symbol("@boundscheck"))
     if yesno === true
         :(@inbounds $(esc(blk)))
     end
@@ -1082,6 +1082,9 @@ end
 @deprecate sprand{T}(n::Integer, density::AbstractFloat, ::Type{T}) sprand(T, n, density)
 @deprecate sprand{T}(r::AbstractRNG, n::Integer, density::AbstractFloat, ::Type{T}) sprand(r, T, n, density)
 
+#15995
+@deprecate symbol Symbol
+
 # During the 0.5 development cycle, do not add any deprecations below this line
 # To be deprecated in 0.6
 

base/dft.jl

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ complexfloat{T<:Real}(x::AbstractArray{T}) = copy!(Array(typeof(complex(float(on
 # implementations only need to provide plan_X(x, region)
 # for X in (:fft, :bfft, ...):
 for f in (:fft, :bfft, :ifft, :fft!, :bfft!, :ifft!, :rfft)
-    pf = symbol(string("plan_", f))
+    pf = Symbol("plan_", f)
     @eval begin
         $f(x::AbstractArray) = $pf(x) * x
         $f(x::AbstractArray, region) = $pf(x, region) * x
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ bfft!
 # promote to a complex floating-point type (out-of-place only),
 # so implementations only need Complex{Float} methods
 for f in (:fft, :bfft, :ifft)
-    pf = symbol(string("plan_", f))
+    pf = Symbol("plan_", f)
     @eval begin
         $f{T<:Real}(x::AbstractArray{T}, region=1:ndims(x)) = $f(complexfloat(x), region)
         $pf{T<:Real}(x::AbstractArray{T}, region; kws...) = $pf(complexfloat(x), region; kws...)
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ A_mul_B!(y::AbstractArray, p::ScaledPlan, x::AbstractArray) =
 # or odd).
 
 for f in (:brfft, :irfft)
-    pf = symbol(string("plan_", f))
+    pf = Symbol("plan_", f)
     @eval begin
         $f(x::AbstractArray, d::Integer) = $pf(x, d) * x
         $f(x::AbstractArray, d::Integer, region) = $pf(x, d, region) * x

base/docs/Docs.jl

@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ const keywords = Dict{Symbol, DocStr}()
 isdoc(s::AbstractString) = true
 
 isdoc(x) = isexpr(x, :string) ||
-    (isexpr(x, :macrocall) && x.args[1] == symbol("@doc_str")) ||
+    (isexpr(x, :macrocall) && x.args[1] == Symbol("@doc_str")) ||
     (isexpr(x, :call) && x.args[1] == Base.Markdown.doc_str)
 
 function unblock(ex)
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ nameof(q::QuoteNode, ismacro) = nameof(q.value, ismacro)
 nameof(s::Symbol, ismacro)    = ismacro ? macroname(s) : s
 nameof(other, ismacro)        = other
 
-macroname(s::Symbol) = symbol('@', s)
+macroname(s::Symbol) = Symbol('@', s)
 macroname(x::Expr)   = Expr(x.head, x.args[1], macroname(x.args[end].value))
 
 isfield(x) = isexpr(x, :.) &&
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ function __doc__!(meta, def, define)
         # the Base image). We just need to convert each `@__doc__` marker to an `@doc`.
         finddoc(def) do each
             each.head = :macrocall
-            each.args = [symbol("@doc"), meta, each.args[end], define]
+            each.args = [Symbol("@doc"), meta, each.args[end], define]
         end
     else
         # `def` has already been defined during Base image gen so we just need to find and

base/docs/basedocs.jl

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module BaseDocs
 immutable Keyword
     name :: Symbol
 end
-macro kw_str(text) Keyword(symbol(text)) end
+macro kw_str(text) Keyword(Symbol(text)) end
 
 "Hello, Human."
 kw"hello", kw"hi"

base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl

@@ -6786,7 +6786,7 @@ to define a new `writemime` method for `T`, via: `writemime(stream, ::MIME"mime"
 where `mime` is a MIME-type string and the function body calls `write` (or similar) to write
 that representation of `x` to `stream`. (Note that the `MIME""` notation only supports
 literal strings; to construct `MIME` types in a more flexible manner use
-`MIME{symbol("")}`.)
+`MIME{Symbol("")}`.)
 
 For example, if you define a `MyImage` type and know how to write it to a PNG file, you
 could define a function `writemime(stream, ::MIME"image/png", x::MyImage) = ...` to allow
@@ -9555,11 +9555,11 @@ Create an array of all zeros with the same element type and shape as `A`.
 zeros(A)
 
 """
-    symbol(x...) -> Symbol
+    Symbol(x...) -> Symbol
 
 Create a `Symbol` by concatenating the string representations of the arguments together.
 """
-symbol
+Symbol
 
 """
     zeta(s)

base/docs/utils.jl

@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ end
 function helpmode(line::AbstractString)
     line = strip(line)
     expr =
-        if haskey(keywords, symbol(line))
+        if haskey(keywords, Symbol(line))
             # Docs for keywords must be treated separately since trying to parse a single
             # keyword such as `function` would throw a parse error due to the missing `end`.
-            symbol(line)
+            Symbol(line)
         else
             x = Base.syntax_deprecation_warnings(false) do
                 parse(line, raise = false)
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function repl(s::Symbol)
     end
 end
 
-isregex(x) = isexpr(x, :macrocall, 2) && x.args[1] == symbol("@r_str") && !isempty(x.args[2])
+isregex(x) = isexpr(x, :macrocall, 2) && x.args[1] == Symbol("@r_str") && !isempty(x.args[2])
 
 repl(ex::Expr) = isregex(ex) ? :(apropos($ex)) : _repl(ex)
 

base/expr.jl

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 ## symbols ##
 
-symbol(s::Symbol) = s
-symbol(s::ASCIIString) = symbol(s.data)
-symbol(s::UTF8String) = symbol(s.data)
-symbol(a::Array{UInt8,1}) =
+Symbol(s::Symbol) = s
+Symbol(s::ASCIIString) = Symbol(s.data)
+Symbol(s::UTF8String) = Symbol(s.data)
+Symbol(a::Array{UInt8,1}) =
     ccall(:jl_symbol_n, Ref{Symbol}, (Ptr{UInt8}, Int32), a, length(a))
-symbol(x...) = symbol(string(x...))
+Symbol(x...) = Symbol(string(x...))
 
 gensym() = ccall(:jl_gensym, Ref{Symbol}, ())
 

base/fft/FFTW.jl

@@ -575,8 +575,8 @@ fftwfloat{T<:Real}(X::AbstractArray{T}) = copy!(Array(Float64, size(X)), X)
 fftwfloat{T<:Complex}(X::AbstractArray{T}) = fftwcomplex(X)
 
 for (f,direction) in ((:fft,FORWARD), (:bfft,BACKWARD))
-    plan_f = symbol("plan_",f)
-    plan_f! = symbol("plan_",f,"!")
+    plan_f = Symbol("plan_",f)
+    plan_f! = Symbol("plan_",f,"!")
     idirection = -direction
     @eval begin
         function $plan_f{T<:fftwComplex,N}(X::StridedArray{T,N}, region;
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ plan_brfft
 # FFTW r2r transforms (low-level interface)
 
 for f in (:r2r, :r2r!)
-    pf = symbol("plan_", f)
+    pf = Symbol("plan_", f)
     @eval begin
         $f{T<:fftwNumber}(x::AbstractArray{T}, kinds) = $pf(x, kinds) * x
         $f{T<:fftwNumber}(x::AbstractArray{T}, kinds, region) = $pf(x, kinds, region) * x

base/fft/dct.jl

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function plan_inv{T,K,inplace}(p::DCTPlan{T,K,inplace})
 end
 
 for f in (:dct, :dct!, :idct, :idct!)
-    pf = symbol(string("plan_", f))
+    pf = Symbol("plan_", f)
     @eval begin
         $f{T<:fftwNumber}(x::AbstractArray{T}) = $pf(x) * x
         $f{T<:fftwNumber}(x::AbstractArray{T}, region) = $pf(x, region) * x

base/inference.jl

@@ -2972,7 +2972,7 @@ function inlining_pass(e::Expr, sv, linfo)
     return (e,stmts)
 end
 
-const compiler_temp_sym = symbol("#temp#")
+const compiler_temp_sym = Symbol("#temp#")
 
 function add_slot!(linfo::LambdaInfo, typ, is_sa)
     id = length(linfo.slotnames)+1

base/latex_symbols.jl

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ open(fname) do f
         x = map(s -> rstrip(s, [' ','\t','\n']),
                 split(replace(L, r"[{}\"]+", "\t"), "\t"))
         c = Char(parse(Int, x[2], 16))
-        if (Base.is_id_char(c) || Base.isoperator(symbol(c))) &&
+        if (Base.is_id_char(c) || Base.isoperator(Symbol(c))) &&
            string(c) ∉ latex_strings && !isascii(c)
             tabcomname = escape_string(x[3])
             if startswith(tabcomname, "\\\\math")

base/libuv.jl

@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ function uv_sizeof_req(req)
 end
 
 for h in uv_handle_types
-@eval const $(symbol("_sizeof_"*lowercase(string(h)))) = uv_sizeof_handle($h)
+@eval const $(Symbol("_sizeof_",lowercase(string(h)))) = uv_sizeof_handle($h)
 end
 for r in uv_req_types
-@eval const $(symbol("_sizeof_"*lowercase(string(r)))) = uv_sizeof_req($r)
+@eval const $(Symbol("_sizeof_",lowercase(string(r)))) = uv_sizeof_req($r)
 end
 
 uv_handle_data(handle) = ccall(:jl_uv_handle_data,Ptr{Void},(Ptr{Void},),handle)

base/linalg/arnoldi.jl

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function _eigs(A, B;
 
     if isa(which,AbstractString)
         warn("Use symbols instead of strings for specifying which eigenvalues to compute")
-        which=symbol(which)
+        which=Symbol(which)
     end
     if (which != :LM && which != :SM && which != :LR && which != :SR &&
         which != :LI && which != :SI && which != :BE)