Add axes

Author: ararslan

README.md

@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `Associative` is now `AbstractDict` ([#25012]).
 
+* `indices` is now `axes` ([#25057]).
+
 ## New macros
 
 * `@__DIR__` has been added ([#18380])
@@ -408,3 +410,4 @@ includes this fix. Find the minimum version from there.
 [#25012]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25012
 [#25021]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25021
 [#25056]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25056
+[#25057]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25057

src/Compat.jl

@@ -988,6 +988,12 @@ end
     export AbstractDict
 end
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.2978
+@static if !isdefined(Base, :axes)
+    const axes = Base.indices
+    export axes
+end
+
 include("deprecated.jl")
 
 end # module Compat

test/runtests.jl

@@ -1028,6 +1028,11 @@ end
 # 0.7.0-DEV.2951
 @test AbstractDict === (isdefined(Base, :AbstractDict) ? Base.AbstractDict : Base.Associative)
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.2978
+@test axes === (isdefined(Base, :axes) ? Base.axes : Base.indices)
+@test axes(1) == ()
+@test axes(1,1) == 1:1
+
 if VERSION < v"0.6.0"
     include("deprecated.jl")
 end