replace and replace!

[ExpandingMan]

This is a reminder to add these very useful functions. I haven't looked around the 0.6 Base enough to know off the top of my head what these should be replaced with in 0.6, pun intended.

I can do this, but I won't get around to it until the weekend at the earliest.

[stevengj]

Note that 0.6 already has replace. And we already added Compat for an API change in #445. Could you be more specific about what methods are missing?

[ExpandingMan]

Sorry, so basically the string methods exist in 0.6, but all the more general container methods are missing.

So, at least the following:

# 12 methods for generic function "replace":
[1] replace(a::Union{Function, Type}, b::Pair; count) in Base at set.jl:486
[2] replace(a::Union{Function, Type}, b::Pair, c::Pair; count) in Base at set.jl:487
[8] replace(A, old_new::Pair...; count) in Base at set.jl:426

and all methods of replace!.

[martinholters]

Closing as outdated since we've dropped support for Julia prior to 1.0.