0.4 deprecations: Union, UInt, Void, String

Author: dpsanders

DESIGN.md

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ A type `Element` which represents anything displayable (can use type promotion h
 # stack elems in the specified direction (down, right, left, up)
 flow(direction :: Symbol, elems :: Element....) # returns an Element
 # Create a tab group with a tab for each element
-tabs(elems :: (String, Element)...)      # returns an Element
+tabs(elems :: (AbstractString, Element)...)      # returns an Element
 # accordion, etc in the same vein
 ```
 

REQUIRE

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 julia 0.3
 JSON
-Compat
+Compat 0.7
 Reactive 0.1.9
 DataStructures 0.2.10

doc/notebooks/02-Widgets Overview.ipynb

@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
      "data": {
       "text/html": [],
       "text/plain": [
-       "Button{Nothing}([Input{Nothing}] nothing,\"Click Me\",nothing)"
+       "Button{Void}([Input{Void}] nothing,\"Click Me\",nothing)"
       ]
      },
      "execution_count": 8,
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
      "data": {
       "text/html": [],
       "text/plain": [
-       "Options{:Dropdown,ASCIIString}([Input{ASCIIString}] one,\"\",\"one\",\"one\",OptionDict({\"one\",\"two\",\"three\"},{\"two\"=>\"two\",\"one\"=>\"one\",\"three\"=>\"three\"}),None[],None[])"
+       "Options{:Dropdown,ASCIIAbstractString}([Input{ASCIIAbstractString}] one,\"\",\"one\",\"one\",OptionDict({\"one\",\"two\",\"three\"},{\"two\"=>\"two\",\"one\"=>\"one\",\"three\"=>\"three\"}),None[],None[])"
       ]
      },
      "execution_count": 10,
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "A textbox can be of a `Number` or `String` type. `textbox` takes one argument: its default value."
+    "A textbox can be of a `Number` or `AbstractString` type. `textbox` takes one argument: its default value."
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@
      "data": {
       "text/html": [],
       "text/plain": [
-       "Textbox{UTF8String}([Input{UTF8String}] Change me,\"\",nothing,\"Change me\")"
+       "Textbox{UTF8AbstractString}([Input{UTF8AbstractString}] Change me,\"\",nothing,\"Change me\")"
       ]
      },
      "execution_count": 16,
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@
      "data": {
       "text/html": [],
       "text/plain": [
-       "Textarea{ASCIIString}([Input{ASCIIString}] Your very own $\\LaTeX$ editor,\"\",\"Your very own \\$\\\\LaTeX\\$ editor\")"
+       "Textarea{ASCIIAbstractString}([Input{ASCIIAbstractString}] Your very own $\\LaTeX$ editor,\"\",\"Your very own \\$\\\\LaTeX\\$ editor\")"
       ]
      },
      "execution_count": 22,
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@
      "data": {
       "text/html": [],
       "text/plain": [
-       "Textbox{String}([Input{String}] text,\"\",nothing,\"text\")"
+       "Textbox{AbstractString}([Input{AbstractString}] text,\"\",nothing,\"text\")"
       ]
      },
      "metadata": {},

doc/notebooks/03-Interactive Diagrams and Plots.ipynb

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import Base: writemime, mimewritable
 const comms = Dict{Signal, Comm}()
 
 function get_data_dict(value, mimetypes)
-    dict = Dict{ASCIIString, ByteString}()
+    dict = Dict{ASCIIAbstractString, ByteAbstractString}()
     for m in mimetypes
         if mimewritable(m, value)
             dict[m] = stringmime(m, value)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ end
 
 function init_comm(x::Signal)
     if !haskey(comms, x)
-        subscriptions = Dict{ASCIIString, Int}()
+        subscriptions = Dict{ASCIIAbstractString, Int}()
         function handle_subscriptions(msg)
             if haskey(msg.content, "data")
                 action = get(msg.content["data"], "action", "")
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ function create_view(w::Widget)
     if haskey(widget_comms, w)
         comm = widget_comms[w]
     else
-        comm = Comm("ipython.widget", data=merge(Dict{String, Any}([
+        comm = Comm("ipython.widget", data=merge(Dict{AbstractString, Any}([
             ("model_name", "WidgetModel"),
             ("_model_name", "WidgetModel"), # Jupyter 4.0 missing (https://github.com/ipython/ipywidgets/pull/84)
         ]), view_state(w)))

doc/notebooks/04-Animations.ipynb

@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ end
 
 uuid4() = string(Base.Random.uuid4())
 
-const id_to_widget = Dict{String, InputWidget}()
-const widget_to_id = Dict{InputWidget, String}()
+const id_to_widget = Dict{AbstractString, InputWidget}()
+const widget_to_id = Dict{InputWidget, AbstractString}()
 
 function register_widget(w::InputWidget)
     if haskey(widget_to_id, w)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function register_widget(w::InputWidget)
     end
 end
 
-function get_widget(id::String)
+function get_widget(id::AbstractString)
     if haskey(id_to_widget, id)
         return id_to_widget[id]
     else

src/IJulia/setup.jl

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ style(widget, style) = StyledWidget(widget, style)
 
 immutable Labeled{W <: Widget} <: WidgetMod
     widget::W
-    label::String
+    label::AbstractString
 end
 
 label(widget, label) = LabeledWidget(widget, label)

src/Interact.jl

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export slider, togglebutton, button,
 
 type Slider{T<:Number} <: InputWidget{T}
     signal::Input{T}
-    label::String
+    label::AbstractString
     value::T
     range::Range{T}
 end
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ slider{T}(range::Range{T};
 
 type Checkbox <: InputWidget{Bool}
     signal::Input{Bool}
-    label::String
+    label::AbstractString
     value::Bool
 end
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ checkbox(; label="", value=false, signal=Input(value)) =
 
 type ToggleButton <: InputWidget{Bool}
     signal::Input{Bool}
-    label::String
+    label::AbstractString
     value::Bool
 end
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ togglebutton(label; kwargs...) =
 
 type Button{T} <: InputWidget{T}
     signal::Input{T}
-    label::String
+    label::AbstractString
     value::T
 end
 
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ button(label; kwargs...) =
 
 type Textbox{T} <: InputWidget{T}
     signal::Input{T}
-    label::String
-    range::Union(Nothing, Range)
+    label::AbstractString
+    @compat range::Union{Void, Range}
     value::T
 end
 
 function empty(t::Type)
     if is(t, Number) zero(t)
-    elseif is(t, String) ""
+    elseif is(t, AbstractString) ""
     end
 end
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function Textbox(; label="",
                  typ=typeof(value),
                  range=nothing,
                  signal=Input{typ}(value))
-    if isa(value, String) && !isa(range, Nothing)
+    if isa(value, AbstractString) && !isa(range, Void)
         throw(ArgumentError(
                "You cannot set a range on a string textbox"
              ))
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ end
 textbox(;kwargs...) = Textbox(;kwargs...)
 textbox(val; kwargs...) =
     Textbox(value=val; kwargs...)
-textbox(val::String; kwargs...) =
+textbox(val::AbstractString; kwargs...) =
     Textbox(value=utf8(val); kwargs...)
 
 parse_msg{T<:Number}(w::Textbox{T}, val::AbstractString) = parse_msg(w, parse(T, val))
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ end
 
 ######################### Textarea ###########################
 
-type Textarea{String} <: InputWidget{String}
-    signal::Input{String}
-    label::String
-    value::String
+type Textarea{AbstractString} <: InputWidget{AbstractString}
+    signal::Input{AbstractString}
+    label::AbstractString
+    value::AbstractString
 end
 
 textarea(args...) = Textarea(args...)
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ function Base.setindex!(x::OptionDict, v, k)
 end
 type Options{view, T} <: InputWidget{T}
     signal::Signal
-    label::String
+    label::AbstractString
     value::T
-    value_label::String
+    value_label::AbstractString
     options::OptionDict
     icons::AbstractArray
     tooltips::AbstractArray
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ export HTML, Latex, Progress
 
 
 type HTML <: Widget
-    label::String
-    value::String
+    label::AbstractString
+    value::AbstractString
 end
 html(label, value) = HTML(label, value)
 html(value; label="") = HTML(label, value)
@@ -223,19 +223,19 @@ html(value; label="") = HTML(label, value)
 ##     write(io, h.value)
 
 type Latex <: Widget
-    label::String
-    value::String
+    label::AbstractString
+    value::AbstractString
 end
-latex(label, value::String) = Latex(label, value)
-latex(value::String; label="") = Latex(label, value)
+latex(label, value::AbstractString) = Latex(label, value)
+latex(value::AbstractString; label="") = Latex(label, value)
 latex(value; label="") = Latex(label, mimewritable("application/x-latex", value) ? stringmime("application/x-latex", value) : stringmime("text/latex", value))
 
 ## # assume we already have Latex
 ## writemime(io::IO, m::MIME{symbol("application/x-latex")}, l::Latex) =
 ##     write(io, l.value)
 
 type Progress <: Widget
-    label::String
+    label::AbstractString
     value::Int
     range::Range
 end
@@ -251,5 +251,5 @@ widget(x::Range, label="") = slider(x, label=label)
 widget(x::AbstractVector, label="") = togglebuttons(x, label=label)
 widget(x::Associative, label="") = togglebuttons(x, label=label)
 widget(x::Bool, label="") = checkbox(x, label=label)
-widget(x::String, label="") = textbox(x, label=label, typ=String)
+widget(x::AbstractString, label="") = textbox(x, label=label, typ=AbstractString)
 widget{T <: Number}(x::T, label="") = textbox(typ=T, value=x, label=label)