JuliaLang · mbauman · Sep 8, 2017 · Sep 3, 2017 · Sep 3, 2017 · Sep 3, 2017
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ Deprecated or removed
   * `select`, `select!`, `selectperm` and `selectperm!` have been renamed respectively to
     `partialsort`, `partialsort!`, `partialsortperm` and `partialsortperm!` ([#23051]).
 
+  * The `Range` abstract type has been renamed to `AbstractRange` ([#23570]).
+
 Command-line option changes
 ---------------------------
 

diff --git a/base/abstractarray.jl b/base/abstractarray.jl
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ indices1(A::AbstractArray) = (@_inline_meta; indices(A)[1])
 indices1(iter) = OneTo(length(iter))
 
 unsafe_indices(A) = indices(A)
-unsafe_indices(r::Range) = (OneTo(unsafe_length(r)),) # Ranges use checked_sub for size
+unsafe_indices(r::AbstractRange) = (OneTo(unsafe_length(r)),) # Ranges use checked_sub for size
 
 """
     linearindices(A)
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ first(a::AbstractArray) = a[first(eachindex(a))]
     first(coll)
 
 Get the first element of an iterable collection. Returns the start point of a
-`Range` even if it is empty.
+`AbstractRange` even if it is empty.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ end
 
 Get the last element of an ordered collection, if it can be computed in O(1) time. This is
 accomplished by calling [`endof`](@ref) to get the last index. Returns the end
-point of a `Range` even if it is empty.
+point of an `AbstractRange` even if it is empty.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ IndexStyle(A::AbstractArray) = IndexStyle(typeof(A))
 IndexStyle(::Type{Union{}}) = IndexLinear()
 IndexStyle(::Type{<:AbstractArray}) = IndexCartesian()
 IndexStyle(::Type{<:Array}) = IndexLinear()
-IndexStyle(::Type{<:Range}) = IndexLinear()
+IndexStyle(::Type{<:AbstractRange}) = IndexLinear()
 
 IndexStyle(A::AbstractArray, B::AbstractArray) = IndexStyle(IndexStyle(A), IndexStyle(B))
 IndexStyle(A::AbstractArray, B::AbstractArray...) = IndexStyle(IndexStyle(A), IndexStyle(B...))
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ checkindex(::Type{Bool}, inds::AbstractUnitRange, i) =
 checkindex(::Type{Bool}, inds::AbstractUnitRange, i::Real) = (first(inds) <= i) & (i <= last(inds))
 checkindex(::Type{Bool}, inds::AbstractUnitRange, ::Colon) = true
 checkindex(::Type{Bool}, inds::AbstractUnitRange, ::Slice) = true
-function checkindex(::Type{Bool}, inds::AbstractUnitRange, r::Range)
+function checkindex(::Type{Bool}, inds::AbstractUnitRange, r::AbstractRange)
     @_propagate_inbounds_meta
     isempty(r) | (checkindex(Bool, inds, first(r)) & checkindex(Bool, inds, last(r)))
 end
@@ -700,8 +700,8 @@ function copy(a::AbstractArray)
     copymutable(a)
 end
 
-function copy!(B::AbstractVecOrMat{R}, ir_dest::Range{Int}, jr_dest::Range{Int},
-               A::AbstractVecOrMat{S}, ir_src::Range{Int}, jr_src::Range{Int}) where {R,S}
+function copy!(B::AbstractVecOrMat{R}, ir_dest::AbstractRange{Int}, jr_dest::AbstractRange{Int},
+               A::AbstractVecOrMat{S}, ir_src::AbstractRange{Int}, jr_src::AbstractRange{Int}) where {R,S}
     if length(ir_dest) != length(ir_src)
         throw(ArgumentError(string("source and destination must have same size (got ",
                                    length(ir_src)," and ",length(ir_dest),")")))
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ end
     getindex(A, inds...)
 
 Return a subset of array `A` as specified by `inds`, where each `ind` may be an
-`Int`, a `Range`, or a [`Vector`](@ref). See the manual section on
+`Int`, an `AbstractRange`, or a [`Vector`](@ref). See the manual section on
 [array indexing](@ref man-array-indexing) for details.
 
 # Examples
@@ -1045,14 +1045,14 @@ end
 
 ## get (getindex with a default value) ##
 
-RangeVecIntList{A<:AbstractVector{Int}} = Union{Tuple{Vararg{Union{Range, AbstractVector{Int}}}},
-    AbstractVector{UnitRange{Int}}, AbstractVector{Range{Int}}, AbstractVector{A}}
+RangeVecIntList{A<:AbstractVector{Int}} = Union{Tuple{Vararg{Union{AbstractRange, AbstractVector{Int}}}},
+    AbstractVector{UnitRange{Int}}, AbstractVector{AbstractRange{Int}}, AbstractVector{A}}
 
 get(A::AbstractArray, i::Integer, default) = checkbounds(Bool, A, i) ? A[i] : default
 get(A::AbstractArray, I::Tuple{}, default) = similar(A, typeof(default), 0)
 get(A::AbstractArray, I::Dims, default) = checkbounds(Bool, A, I...) ? A[I...] : default
 
-function get!(X::AbstractVector{T}, A::AbstractVector, I::Union{Range,AbstractVector{Int}}, default::T) where T
+function get!(X::AbstractVector{T}, A::AbstractVector, I::Union{AbstractRange,AbstractVector{Int}}, default::T) where T
     # 1d is not linear indexing
     ind = findin(I, indices1(A))
     X[ind] = A[I[ind]]
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ function get!(X::AbstractVector{T}, A::AbstractVector, I::Union{Range,AbstractVe
     X[last(ind)+1:last(Xind)] = default
     X
 end
-function get!(X::AbstractArray{T}, A::AbstractArray, I::Union{Range,AbstractVector{Int}}, default::T) where T
+function get!(X::AbstractArray{T}, A::AbstractArray, I::Union{AbstractRange,AbstractVector{Int}}, default::T) where T
     # Linear indexing
     ind = findin(I, 1:length(A))
     X[ind] = A[I[ind]]
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ function get!(X::AbstractArray{T}, A::AbstractArray, I::Union{Range,AbstractVect
     X
 end
 
-get(A::AbstractArray, I::Range, default) = get!(similar(A, typeof(default), index_shape(I)), A, I, default)
+get(A::AbstractArray, I::AbstractRange, default) = get!(similar(A, typeof(default), index_shape(I)), A, I, default)
 
 # TODO: DEPRECATE FOR #14770 (just the partial linear indexing part)
 function get!(X::AbstractArray{T}, A::AbstractArray, I::RangeVecIntList, default::T) where T
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ function isequal(A::AbstractArray, B::AbstractArray)
     if indices(A) != indices(B)
         return false
     end
-    if isa(A,Range) != isa(B,Range)
+    if isa(A,AbstractRange) != isa(B,AbstractRange)
         return false
     end
     for (a, b) in zip(A, B)
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ function (==)(A::AbstractArray, B::AbstractArray)
     if indices(A) != indices(B)
         return false
     end
-    if isa(A,Range) != isa(B,Range)
+    if isa(A,AbstractRange) != isa(B,AbstractRange)
         return false
     end
     for (a, b) in zip(A, B)

diff --git a/base/array.jl b/base/array.jl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ elements of type `T`. Alias for [`AbstractArray{T,2}`](@ref).
 """
 const AbstractMatrix{T} = AbstractArray{T,2}
 const AbstractVecOrMat{T} = Union{AbstractVector{T}, AbstractMatrix{T}}
-const RangeIndex = Union{Int, Range{Int}, AbstractUnitRange{Int}}
+const RangeIndex = Union{Int, AbstractRange{Int}, AbstractUnitRange{Int}}
 const DimOrInd = Union{Integer, AbstractUnitRange}
 const IntOrInd = Union{Int, AbstractUnitRange}
 const DimsOrInds{N} = NTuple{N,DimOrInd}
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ function getindex(A::Array, c::Colon)
 end
 
 # This is redundant with the abstract fallbacks, but needed for bootstrap
-function getindex(A::Array{S}, I::Range{Int}) where S
+function getindex(A::Array{S}, I::AbstractRange{Int}) where S
     return S[ A[i] for i in I ]
 end
 

diff --git a/base/complex.jl b/base/complex.jl
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ bswap(z::Complex) = Complex(bswap(real(z)), bswap(imag(z)))
 
 isequal(z::Complex, w::Complex) = isequal(real(z),real(w)) & isequal(imag(z),imag(w))
 
-in(x::Complex, r::Range{<:Real}) = isreal(x) && real(x) in r
+in(x::Complex, r::AbstractRange{<:Real}) = isreal(x) && real(x) in r
 
 if UInt === UInt64
     const h_imag = 0x32a7a07f3e7cd1f9

diff --git a/base/dates/arithmetic.jl b/base/dates/arithmetic.jl
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ end
 
 # AbstractArray{TimeType}, AbstractArray{TimeType}
 (-)(x::OrdinalRange{T}, y::OrdinalRange{T}) where {T<:TimeType} = collect(x) - collect(y)
-(-)(x::Range{T}, y::Range{T}) where {T<:TimeType} = collect(x) - collect(y)
+(-)(x::AbstractRange{T}, y::AbstractRange{T}) where {T<:TimeType} = collect(x) - collect(y)
diff --git a/base/dates/ranges.jl b/base/dates/ranges.jl
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ Base.start(r::StepRange{<:TimeType}) = 0
 Base.next(r::StepRange{<:TimeType}, i::Int) = (r.start + r.step*i, i + 1)
 Base.done(r::StepRange{<:TimeType,<:Period}, i::Integer) = length(r) <= i
 
-+(x::Period, r::Range{<:TimeType}) = (x + first(r)):step(r):(x + last(r))
-+(r::Range{<:TimeType}, x::Period) = x + r
--(r::Range{<:TimeType}, x::Period) = (first(r)-x):step(r):(last(r)-x)
++(x::Period, r::AbstractRange{<:TimeType}) = (x + first(r)):step(r):(x + last(r))
++(r::AbstractRange{<:TimeType}, x::Period) = x + r
+-(r::AbstractRange{<:TimeType}, x::Period) = (first(r)-x):step(r):(last(r)-x)
diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ export $
 @deprecate is (===)
 
 # midpoints of intervals
-@deprecate midpoints(r::Range) r[1:length(r)-1] + 0.5*step(r)
+@deprecate midpoints(r::AbstractRange) r[1:length(r)-1] + 0.5*step(r)
 @deprecate midpoints(v::AbstractVector) [0.5*(v[i] + v[i+1]) for i in 1:length(v)-1]
 
 @deprecate_binding Filter    Iterators.Filter
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ end
 ## the replacement StepRangeLen also has 4 real-valued fields, which
 ## makes deprecation tricky. See #20506.
 
-struct Use_StepRangeLen_Instead{T<:AbstractFloat} <: Range{T}
+struct Use_StepRangeLen_Instead{T<:AbstractFloat} <: AbstractRange{T}
     start::T
     step::T
     len::T
@@ -1738,6 +1738,8 @@ import .Iterators.enumerate
 @deprecate enumerate(i::IndexLinear,    A::AbstractArray)  pairs(i, A)
 @deprecate enumerate(i::IndexCartesian, A::AbstractArray)  pairs(i, A)
 
+@deprecate_binding Range AbstractRange
+
 # END 0.7 deprecations
 
 # BEGIN 1.0 deprecations

diff --git a/base/exports.jl b/base/exports.jl
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export
 # Types
     AbstractChannel,
     AbstractMatrix,
+    AbstractRange,
     AbstractSet,
     AbstractUnitRange,
     AbstractVector,
@@ -87,7 +88,6 @@ export
     PermutedDimsArray,
     PollingFileWatcher,
     QuickSort,
-    Range,
     RangeIndex,
     Rational,
     Regex,

diff --git a/base/hashing.jl b/base/hashing.jl
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ hash(x::QuoteNode, h::UInt) = hash(x.value, hash(QuoteNode, h))
 
 # hashing ranges by component at worst leads to collisions for very similar ranges
 const hashr_seed = UInt === UInt64 ? 0x80707b6821b70087 : 0x21b70087
-function hash(r::Range, h::UInt)
+function hash(r::AbstractRange, h::UInt)
     h += hashr_seed
     h = hash(first(r), h)
     h = hash(step(r), h)

diff --git a/base/linalg/blas.jl b/base/linalg/blas.jl
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ function axpy!(alpha::Number, x::Union{DenseArray{T},StridedVector{T}}, y::Union
     y
 end
 
-function axpy!(alpha::Number, x::Array{T}, rx::Union{UnitRange{Ti},Range{Ti}},
-               y::Array{T}, ry::Union{UnitRange{Ti},Range{Ti}}) where {T<:BlasFloat,Ti<:Integer}
+function axpy!(alpha::Number, x::Array{T}, rx::Union{UnitRange{Ti},AbstractRange{Ti}},
+               y::Array{T}, ry::Union{UnitRange{Ti},AbstractRange{Ti}}) where {T<:BlasFloat,Ti<:Integer}
     if length(rx) != length(ry)
         throw(DimensionMismatch("ranges of differing lengths"))
     end
@@ -1515,8 +1515,8 @@ end
 
 end # module
 
-function copy!(dest::Array{T}, rdest::Union{UnitRange{Ti},Range{Ti}},
-               src::Array{T}, rsrc::Union{UnitRange{Ti},Range{Ti}}) where {T<:BlasFloat,Ti<:Integer}
+function copy!(dest::Array{T}, rdest::Union{UnitRange{Ti},AbstractRange{Ti}},
+               src::Array{T}, rsrc::Union{UnitRange{Ti},AbstractRange{Ti}}) where {T<:BlasFloat,Ti<:Integer}
     if minimum(rdest) < 1 || maximum(rdest) > length(dest)
         throw(ArgumentError("range out of bounds for dest, of length $(length(dest))"))
     end

diff --git a/base/linalg/dense.jl b/base/linalg/dense.jl
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ isposdef(x::Number) = imag(x)==0 && real(x) > 0
 stride1(x::Array) = 1
 stride1(x::StridedVector) = stride(x, 1)::Int
 
-function norm(x::StridedVector{T}, rx::Union{UnitRange{TI},Range{TI}}) where {T<:BlasFloat,TI<:Integer}
+function norm(x::StridedVector{T}, rx::Union{UnitRange{TI},AbstractRange{TI}}) where {T<:BlasFloat,TI<:Integer}
     if minimum(rx) < 1 || maximum(rx) > length(x)
         throw(BoundsError(x, rx))
     end
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ end
 """
     diagind(M, k::Integer=0)
 
-A `Range` giving the indices of the `k`th diagonal of the matrix `M`.
+An `AbstractRange` giving the indices of the `k`th diagonal of the matrix `M`.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest

diff --git a/base/linalg/matmul.jl b/base/linalg/matmul.jl
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ end
 vecdot(x::Union{DenseArray{T},StridedVector{T}}, y::Union{DenseArray{T},StridedVector{T}}) where {T<:BlasReal} = BLAS.dot(x, y)
 vecdot(x::Union{DenseArray{T},StridedVector{T}}, y::Union{DenseArray{T},StridedVector{T}}) where {T<:BlasComplex} = BLAS.dotc(x, y)
 
-function dot(x::Vector{T}, rx::Union{UnitRange{TI},Range{TI}}, y::Vector{T}, ry::Union{UnitRange{TI},Range{TI}}) where {T<:BlasReal,TI<:Integer}
+function dot(x::Vector{T}, rx::Union{UnitRange{TI},AbstractRange{TI}}, y::Vector{T}, ry::Union{UnitRange{TI},AbstractRange{TI}}) where {T<:BlasReal,TI<:Integer}
     if length(rx) != length(ry)
         throw(DimensionMismatch("length of rx, $(length(rx)), does not equal length of ry, $(length(ry))"))
     end
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function dot(x::Vector{T}, rx::Union{UnitRange{TI},Range{TI}}, y::Vector{T}, ry:
     BLAS.dot(length(rx), pointer(x)+(first(rx)-1)*sizeof(T), step(rx), pointer(y)+(first(ry)-1)*sizeof(T), step(ry))
 end
 
-function dot(x::Vector{T}, rx::Union{UnitRange{TI},Range{TI}}, y::Vector{T}, ry::Union{UnitRange{TI},Range{TI}}) where {T<:BlasComplex,TI<:Integer}
+function dot(x::Vector{T}, rx::Union{UnitRange{TI},AbstractRange{TI}}, y::Vector{T}, ry::Union{UnitRange{TI},AbstractRange{TI}}) where {T<:BlasComplex,TI<:Integer}
     if length(rx) != length(ry)
         throw(DimensionMismatch("length of rx, $(length(rx)), does not equal length of ry, $(length(ry))"))
     end

diff --git a/base/linalg/transpose.jl b/base/linalg/transpose.jl
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ end
 @inline adjoint(A::AbstractVector{<:Real}) = transpose(A)
 @inline adjoint(A::AbstractMatrix{<:Real}) = transpose(A)
 
-function copy_transpose!(B::AbstractVecOrMat, ir_dest::Range{Int}, jr_dest::Range{Int},
-                         A::AbstractVecOrMat, ir_src::Range{Int}, jr_src::Range{Int})
+function copy_transpose!(B::AbstractVecOrMat, ir_dest::AbstractRange{Int}, jr_dest::AbstractRange{Int},
+                         A::AbstractVecOrMat, ir_src::AbstractRange{Int}, jr_src::AbstractRange{Int})
     if length(ir_dest) != length(jr_src)
         throw(ArgumentError(string("source and destination must have same size (got ",
                                    length(jr_src)," and ",length(ir_dest),")")))