Function name scatter conflics

[mkborregaard]

The function name scatter in DistributedArrays conflicts with the scatter function in, say, 80% of all julia's plotting packages (for making scatter plots). Would it be possible to rename to something unambiguous, such as distribute?

[andreasnoack]

It's a pretty standard parallel computing concept/function though. I think a solution could be not to export the SPMD functions from the DistributedArrays module. Then this will only become an issue when people use DistributedArrays.SPMD.

[vchuravy]

Yes I think the SPMD code might actually be a good example for a separate package, (but still in the same repository.)