Add AbstractDict

Author: ararslan

README.md

@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 * `Complex32`, `Complex64`, and `Complex128` are now `ComplexF16`, `ComplexF32`, and
   `ComplexF64`, respectively ([#24647]).
 
+* `Associative` is now `AbstractDict` ([#25012]).
+
 ## New macros
 
 * `@__DIR__` has been added ([#18380])
@@ -392,4 +394,5 @@ includes this fix. Find the minimum version from there.
 [#24652]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24652
 [#24657]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24657
 [#24785]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24785
+[#25012]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25012
 [#25021]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25021

src/Compat.jl

@@ -953,6 +953,12 @@ module Unicode
     end
 end
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.2951
+@static if !isdefined(Base, :AbstractDict)
+    const AbstractDict = Associative
+    export AbstractDict
+end
+
 include("deprecated.jl")
 
 end # module Compat

test/runtests.jl

@@ -997,6 +997,9 @@ module Test25021
     @test titlecase("firstname lastname") == "Firstname Lastname"
 end
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.2951
+@test AbstractDict === (isdefined(Base, :AbstractDict) ? Base.AbstractDict : Base.Associative)
+
 if VERSION < v"0.6.0"
     include("deprecated.jl")
 end