for v0.5: replace symbol with Symbol

[JeffreySarnoff]

I am assuming that Compat will do the right thing with the v0.5 deprecated 'symbol' when using v0.4.
It is here if you want it.

[yuyichao]

The change here can mess up doc formatting.

[yuyichao]

0.3 is still supported and tested so you need @compat and also bump the required Compat version to 0.7.15.

[Jeffrey-Sarnoff]

@yuyichao I see that Compat.jl has

if ...
elseif VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev+3831"
    Base.Symbol(args...) = symbol(args...)
end

After bumping the version in REQUIRE, if I have

using Compat
import Compat.Symbol

do I still need @compat? if so, @compat (What goes here)

[JeffreySarnoff]

apologies for the doubled github idents (my mistake).

[yuyichao]

Ref https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl/pull/422/files#diff-e0f08d4b7ebb398c4fce97f4edb8fb9bL36 .

See also the Compat usage https://github.com/JuliaLang/Compat.jl#usage and the doc for symbol deprecation in Compat https://github.com/JuliaLang/Compat.jl#renamed-functions

Please quote all code, especially macro names.

[yuyichao]

And yes, you always need @compat for 0.3 support of calling Symbol and no you shouldn't import it (Symbol) from Compat.

[Jeffrey-Sarnoff]

@yuyichao Thank you for the help.