JuliaLang · JeffBezanson · Mar 9, 2015 · Mar 8, 2015 · Mar 9, 2015 · Mar 9, 2015
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ Language changes
     macro. Instead, the string is first unindented and then `x_str` is invoked,
     as if the string had been single-quoted ([#10228]).
 
+  * Numeric conversion functions whose names are lower-case versions of type
+    names have been removed. To convert a scalar, use the type name, e.g.
+    `Int32(x)`. To convert an array to a different element type, use
+    `Array{T}(x)`, `map(T,x)`, or `round(T,x)`. To parse a string as an integer
+    or floating-point number, use `parseint` or `parsefloat` ([#1470], [#6211]).
+
 Compiler improvements
 ---------------------
 
@@ -963,6 +969,7 @@ Too numerous to mention.
 [#987]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/987
 [#1195]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/1195
 [#1268]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/1268
+[#1470]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/1470
 [#1484]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/1484
 [#1539]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/1539
 [#1571]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/1571
@@ -1131,6 +1138,7 @@ Too numerous to mention.
 [#6169]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/6169
 [#6179]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/6179
 [#6197]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/6197
+[#6211]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/6211
 [#6212]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/6212
 [#6270]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/6270
 [#6273]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/6273
@@ -1235,10 +1243,15 @@ Too numerous to mention.
 [#9734]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9734
 [#9745]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9745
 [#9779]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9779
+[#9862]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9862
 [#9957]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9957
 [#10024]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/10024
 [#10031]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/10031
 [#10075]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/10075
 [#10117]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/10117
+[#10150]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/10150
 [#10180]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/10180
 [#10228]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/10228
+[#10332]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/10332
+[#10333]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/10333
+[#10400]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/10400
diff --git a/base/Enums.jl b/base/Enums.jl
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ macro enum(T,syms...)
         throw(ArgumentError("invalid type expression for enum $T"))
     end
     vals = Array((Symbol,Integer),0)
-    lo = typemax(Int)
-    hi = typemin(Int)
+    lo = hi = 0
     i = -1
     enumT = typeof(i)
     hasexpr = false
@@ -65,9 +64,14 @@ macro enum(T,syms...)
         end
         push!(vals, (s,i))
         I = typeof(i)
-        enumT = length(vals) == 1 ? I : promote_type(enumT,I)
-        lo = min(lo, i)
-        hi = max(hi, i)
+        if length(vals) == 1
+            enumT = I
+            lo = hi = i
+        else
+            enumT = promote_type(enumT,I)
+            lo = min(lo, i)
+            hi = max(hi, i)
+        end
     end
     if !hasexpr
         n = length(vals)

diff --git a/base/LineEdit.jl b/base/LineEdit.jl
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ write_prompt(terminal, s::ASCIIString) = write(terminal, s)
 ### Keymap Support
 
 normalize_key(key::Char) = string(key)
-normalize_key(key::Integer) = normalize_key(char(key))
+normalize_key(key::Integer) = normalize_key(Char(key))
 function normalize_key(key::AbstractString)
     '\0' in key && error("Matching \\0 not currently supported.")
     buf = IOBuffer()
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ function keymap{D<:Dict}(keymaps::Array{D})
 end
 
 const escape_defaults = merge!(
-    AnyDict([char(i) => nothing for i=vcat(1:26, 28:31)]), # Ignore control characters by default
+    AnyDict([Char(i) => nothing for i=vcat(1:26, 28:31)]), # Ignore control characters by default
     AnyDict( # And ignore other escape sequences by default
         "\e*" => nothing,
         "\e[*" => nothing,

diff --git a/base/Makefile b/base/Makefile
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ all: pcre_h.jl errno_h.jl build_h.jl.phony fenv_constants.jl file_constants.jl u
 
 pcre_h.jl:
 ifeq ($(USE_SYSTEM_PCRE), 1)
-	@$(call PRINT_PERL, $(CPP) -dM $(shell $(PCRE_CONFIG) --prefix)/include/pcre.h | perl -nle '/^\s*#define\s+PCRE_(\w*)\s*\(?($(PCRE_CONST))\)?\s*$$/ and print "const $$1 = int32($$2)"' | sort > $@)
+	@$(call PRINT_PERL, $(CPP) -dM $(shell $(PCRE_CONFIG) --prefix)/include/pcre.h | perl -nle '/^\s*#define\s+PCRE_(\w*)\s*\(?($(PCRE_CONST))\)?\s*$$/ and print "const $$1 = Int32($$2)"' | sort > $@)
 else
-	@$(call PRINT_PERL, $(CPP) -dM $(build_includedir)/pcre.h | perl -nle '/^\s*#define\s+PCRE_(\w*)\s*\(?($(PCRE_CONST))\)?\s*$$/ and print "const $$1 = int32($$2)"' | sort > $@)
+	@$(call PRINT_PERL, $(CPP) -dM $(build_includedir)/pcre.h | perl -nle '/^\s*#define\s+PCRE_(\w*)\s*\(?($(PCRE_CONST))\)?\s*$$/ and print "const $$1 = Int32($$2)"' | sort > $@)
 endif
 
 errno_h.jl:
-	@$(call PRINT_PERL, echo '#include "errno.h"' | $(CPP) -dM - | perl -nle 'print "const $$1 = int32($$2)" if /^#define\s+(E\w+)\s+(\d+)\s*$$/' | sort > $@)
+	@$(call PRINT_PERL, echo '#include "errno.h"' | $(CPP) -dM - | perl -nle 'print "const $$1 = Int32($$2)" if /^#define\s+(E\w+)\s+(\d+)\s*$$/' | sort > $@)
 
 fenv_constants.jl: ../src/fenv_constants.h
 	@$(PRINT_PERL) $(CPP_STDOUT) -DJULIA -I../deps/openlibm/include ../src/fenv_constants.h | tail -n 8 | perl -ple 's/\sFE_UN\w+/ 0x10/g; s/\sFE_O\w+/ 0x08/g; s/\sFE_DI\w+/ 0x04/g; s/\sFE_INV\w+/ 0x01/g; s/\sFE_TON\w+/ 0x00/g; s/\sFE_UP\w+/ 0x800/g; s/\sFE_DO\w+/ 0x400/g; s/\sFE_TOW\w+/ 0xc00/g' > $@

diff --git a/base/Terminals.jl b/base/Terminals.jl
@@ -144,13 +144,13 @@ end
         else
             ccall(:jl_tty_set_mode,
                  Int32, (Ptr{Void},Int32),
-                 t.in_stream.handle, int32(raw)) != -1
+                 t.in_stream.handle, raw) != -1
         end
     end
 end : begin
     raw!(t::TTYTerminal, raw::Bool) = ccall(:uv_tty_set_mode,
                                          Int32, (Ptr{Void},Int32),
-                                         t.in_stream.handle, int32(raw)) != -1
+                                         t.in_stream.handle, raw) != -1
 end
 enable_bracketed_paste(t::UnixTerminal) = write(t.out_stream, "$(CSI)?2004h")
 disable_bracketed_paste(t::UnixTerminal) = write(t.out_stream, "$(CSI)?2004l")
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ let s = zeros(Int32, 2)
     function Base.size(t::TTYTerminal)
         @windows_only if ispty(t.out_stream)
             try
-                h,w = int(split(readall(open(`stty size`, "r", t.out_stream)[1])))
+                h,w = map(parseint,split(readall(open(`stty size`, "r", t.out_stream)[1])))
                 w > 0 || (w = 80)
                 h > 0 || (h = 24)
                 return h,w
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ let s = zeros(Int32, 2)
         w,h = s[1],s[2]
         w > 0 || (w = 80)
         h > 0 || (h = 24)
-        (int(h),int(w))
+        (Int(h),Int(w))
     end
 end
 

diff --git a/base/abstractarray.jl b/base/abstractarray.jl
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ function squeeze(A::AbstractArray, dims::Dims)
     reshape(A, d::typeof(_sub(size(A), dims)))
 end
 
-squeeze(A::AbstractArray, dim::Integer) = squeeze(A, (int(dim),))
+squeeze(A::AbstractArray, dim::Integer) = squeeze(A, (Int(dim),))
 
 function copy!(dest::AbstractArray, src)
     i = 1
@@ -347,73 +347,15 @@ isempty(a::AbstractArray) = (length(a) == 0)
 
 ## Conversions ##
 
-for (f,t) in ((:char,   Char),
-              (:int,    Int),
-              (:int8,   Int8),
-              (:int16,  Int16),
-              (:int32,  Int32),
-              (:int64,  Int64),
-              (:int128, Int128),
-              (:uint,   UInt),
-              (:uint8,  UInt8),
-              (:uint16, UInt16),
-              (:uint32, UInt32),
-              (:uint64, UInt64),
-              (:uint128,UInt128))
-    @eval begin
-        ($f)(x::AbstractArray{$t}) = x
-        ($f)(x::AbstractArray{$t}) = x
-
-        function ($f)(x::AbstractArray)
-            y = similar(x,$t)
-            i = 1
-            for e in x
-                y[i] = ($f)(e)
-                i += 1
-            end
-            y
-        end
-    end
-end
-
-for (f,t) in ((:integer, Integer),
-              (:unsigned, Unsigned))
-    @eval begin
-        ($f){T<:$t}(x::AbstractArray{T}) = x
-        ($f){T<:$t}(x::AbstractArray{T}) = x
-
-        function ($f)(x::AbstractArray)
-            y = similar(x,typeof(($f)(one(eltype(x)))))
-            i = 1
-            for e in x
-                y[i] = ($f)(e)
-                i += 1
-            end
-            y
-        end
-    end
-end
-
-big{T<:FloatingPoint,N}(x::AbstractArray{T,N}) = convert(AbstractArray{BigFloat,N}, x)
-big{T<:FloatingPoint,N}(x::AbstractArray{Complex{T},N}) = convert(AbstractArray{Complex{BigFloat},N}, x)
-big{T<:Integer,N}(x::AbstractArray{T,N}) = convert(AbstractArray{BigInt,N}, x)
-
-bool(x::AbstractArray{Bool}) = x
-bool(x::AbstractArray) = copy!(similar(x,Bool), x)
-
 convert{T,N  }(::Type{AbstractArray{T,N}}, A::AbstractArray{T,N}) = A
 convert{T,S,N}(::Type{AbstractArray{T,N}}, A::AbstractArray{S,N}) = copy!(similar(A,T), A)
 convert{T,S,N}(::Type{AbstractArray{T  }}, A::AbstractArray{S,N}) = convert(AbstractArray{T,N}, A)
 
 convert{T,N}(::Type{Array}, A::AbstractArray{T,N}) = convert(Array{T,N}, A)
 
-for (f,T) in ((:float16,    Float16),
-              (:float32,    Float32),
-              (:float64,    Float64),
-              (:complex64,  Complex64),
-              (:complex128, Complex128))
-    @eval ($f){S,N}(x::AbstractArray{S,N}) = convert(AbstractArray{$T,N}, x)
-end
+big{T<:FloatingPoint,N}(x::AbstractArray{T,N}) = convert(AbstractArray{BigFloat,N}, x)
+big{T<:FloatingPoint,N}(x::AbstractArray{Complex{T},N}) = convert(AbstractArray{Complex{BigFloat},N}, x)
+big{T<:Integer,N}(x::AbstractArray{T,N}) = convert(AbstractArray{BigInt,N}, x)
 
 float{T<:FloatingPoint}(x::AbstractArray{T}) = x
 complex{T<:Complex}(x::AbstractArray{T}) = x
@@ -434,17 +376,20 @@ end
 
 full(x::AbstractArray) = x
 
+map(::Type{Integer},  a::Array) = map!(Integer, similar(a,typeof(Integer(one(eltype(a))))), a)
+map(::Type{Signed},   a::Array) = map!(Signed, similar(a,typeof(Signed(one(eltype(a))))), a)
+map(::Type{Unsigned}, a::Array) = map!(Unsigned, similar(a,typeof(Unsigned(one(eltype(a))))), a)
+
 ## range conversions ##
 
-for fn in _numeric_conversion_func_names
+map{T<:Real}(::Type{T}, r::StepRange) = T(r.start):T(r.step):T(last(r))
+map{T<:Real}(::Type{T}, r::UnitRange) = T(r.start):T(last(r))
+map{T<:FloatingPoint}(::Type{T}, r::FloatRange) = FloatRange(T(r.start), T(r.step), r.len, T(r.divisor))
+
+for fn in (:float,:big)
     @eval begin
         $fn(r::StepRange) = $fn(r.start):$fn(r.step):$fn(last(r))
         $fn(r::UnitRange) = $fn(r.start):$fn(last(r))
-    end
-end
-
-for fn in (:float,:float16,:float32,:float64,:big)
-    @eval begin
         $fn(r::FloatRange) = FloatRange($fn(r.start), $fn(r.step), r.len, $fn(r.divisor))
     end
 end
@@ -502,7 +447,7 @@ function flipdim(A::AbstractArray, d::Integer)
     B = similar(A)
     nnd = 0
     for i = 1:nd
-        nnd += int(size(A,i)==1 || i==d)
+        nnd += Int(size(A,i)==1 || i==d)
     end
     if nnd==nd
         # flip along the only non-singleton dimension
@@ -521,7 +466,7 @@ end
 flipud(A::AbstractArray) = flipdim(A, 1)
 fliplr(A::AbstractArray) = flipdim(A, 2)
 
-circshift(a::AbstractArray, shiftamt::Real) = circshift(a, [integer(shiftamt)])
+circshift(a::AbstractArray, shiftamt::Real) = circshift(a, [Integer(shiftamt)])
 function circshift{T,N}(a::AbstractArray{T,N}, shiftamts)
     I = ()
     for i=1:N
@@ -1031,24 +976,24 @@ function repmat(a::AbstractVector, m::Int)
 end
 
 sub2ind(dims) = 1
-sub2ind(dims, i::Integer) = int(i)
-sub2ind(dims, i::Integer, j::Integer) = sub2ind(dims, int(i), int(j))
+sub2ind(dims, i::Integer) = Int(i)
+sub2ind(dims, i::Integer, j::Integer) = sub2ind(dims, Int(i), Int(j))
 sub2ind(dims, i::Int, j::Int) = (j-1)*dims[1] + i
-sub2ind(dims, i0::Integer, i1::Integer, i2::Integer) = sub2ind(dims, int(i0),int(i1),int(i2))
+sub2ind(dims, i0::Integer, i1::Integer, i2::Integer) = sub2ind(dims, Int(i0),Int(i1),Int(i2))
 sub2ind(dims, i0::Int, i1::Int, i2::Int) =
     i0 + dims[1]*((i1-1) + dims[2]*(i2-1))
 sub2ind(dims, i0::Integer, i1::Integer, i2::Integer, i3::Integer) =
-    sub2ind(dims, int(i0),int(i1),int(i2),int(i3))
+    sub2ind(dims, Int(i0),Int(i1),Int(i2),Int(i3))
 sub2ind(dims, i0::Int, i1::Int, i2::Int, i3::Int) =
     i0 + dims[1]*((i1-1) + dims[2]*((i2-1) + dims[3]*(i3-1)))
 
 function sub2ind(dims, I::Integer...)
     ndims = length(dims)
-    index = int(I[1])
+    index = Int(I[1])
     stride = 1
     for k=2:ndims
         stride = stride * dims[k-1]
-        index += (int(I[k])-1) * stride
+        index += (Int(I[k])-1) * stride
     end
     return index
 end
@@ -1084,7 +1029,7 @@ function ind2sub(dims::(Integer,Integer...), ind::Int)
     return tuple(ind, sub...)
 end
 
-ind2sub(dims::(Integer...), ind::Integer) = ind2sub(dims, int(ind))
+ind2sub(dims::(Integer...), ind::Integer) = ind2sub(dims, Int(ind))
 ind2sub(dims::(), ind::Integer) = ind==1 ? () : throw(BoundsError())
 ind2sub(dims::(Integer,), ind::Int) = (ind,)
 ind2sub(dims::(Integer,Integer), ind::Int) =
@@ -1369,7 +1314,9 @@ function map_to!{T}(f, offs, dest::AbstractArray{T}, A::AbstractArray)
 end
 
 function map(f, A::AbstractArray)
-    if isempty(A); return similar(A); end
+    if isempty(A)
+        return isa(f,Type) ? similar(A,f) : similar(A)
+    end
     first = f(A[1])
     dest = similar(A, typeof(first))
     dest[1] = first

diff --git a/base/array.jl b/base/array.jl
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function copy(a::Array)
 end
 
 function reinterpret{T,S}(::Type{T}, a::Array{S,1})
-    nel = int(div(length(a)*sizeof(S),sizeof(T)))
+    nel = Int(div(length(a)*sizeof(S),sizeof(T)))
     # TODO: maybe check that remainder is zero?
     return reinterpret(T, a, (nel,))
 end
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ linspace(start::Integer, stop::Integer, n::Integer) =
 function linspace(start::Real, stop::Real, n::Integer)
     (start, stop) = promote(start, stop)
     T = typeof(start)
-    a = Array(T, int(n))
+    a = Array(T, Int(n))
     if n == 1
         a[1] = start
         return a
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ function flipdim{T}(A::Array{T}, d::Integer)
 
     nnd = 0
     for i = 1:nd
-        nnd += int(size(A,i)==1 || i==d)
+        nnd += Int(size(A,i)==1 || i==d)
     end
     if nnd==nd
         # flip along the only non-singleton dimension

diff --git a/base/ascii.jl b/base/ascii.jl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ## required core functionality ##
 
 endof(s::ASCIIString) = length(s.data)
-getindex(s::ASCIIString, i::Int) = (x=s.data[i]; x < 0x80 ? char(x) : '\ufffd')
+getindex(s::ASCIIString, i::Int) = (x=s.data[i]; x < 0x80 ? Char(x) : '\ufffd')
 
 ## overload methods for efficiency ##
 
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ sizeof(s::ASCIIString) = sizeof(s.data)
 getindex(s::ASCIIString, r::Vector) = ASCIIString(getindex(s.data,r))
 getindex(s::ASCIIString, r::UnitRange{Int}) = ASCIIString(getindex(s.data,r))
 getindex(s::ASCIIString, indx::AbstractVector{Int}) = ASCIIString(s.data[indx])
-search(s::ASCIIString, c::Char, i::Integer) = c < char(0x80) ? search(s.data,uint8(c),i) : 0
-rsearch(s::ASCIIString, c::Char, i::Integer) = c < char(0x80) ? rsearch(s.data,uint8(c),i) : 0
+search(s::ASCIIString, c::Char, i::Integer) = c < Char(0x80) ? search(s.data,c%UInt8,i) : 0
+rsearch(s::ASCIIString, c::Char, i::Integer) = c < Char(0x80) ? rsearch(s.data,c%UInt8,i) : 0
 
 function string(c::ASCIIString...)
     if length(c) == 1
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ end
 function uppercase(s::ASCIIString)
     d = s.data
     for i = 1:length(d)
-        if 'a' <= char(d[i]) <= 'z'
+        if 'a' <= Char(d[i]) <= 'z'
             td = copy(d)
             for j = i:length(td)
-                if 'a' <= char(td[j]) <= 'z'
+                if 'a' <= Char(td[j]) <= 'z'
                     td[j] -= 32
                 end
             end
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ end
 function lowercase(s::ASCIIString)
     d = s.data
     for i = 1:length(d)
-        if 'A' <= char(d[i]) <= 'Z'
+        if 'A' <= Char(d[i]) <= 'Z'
             td = copy(d)
             for j = i:length(td)
-                if 'A' <= char(td[j]) <= 'Z'
+                if 'A' <= Char(td[j]) <= 'Z'
                     td[j] += 32
                 end
             end