In julia 0.7, parse( "1+1" ) gives result of the julia parser for that string. On, 1.0, it gives an error. Does this functionality now exist by another name?
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That function call gives a deprecation warning in 0.7:
Warning: `parse(str::AbstractString; kwargs...)` is deprecated, use
`Meta.parse(str; kwargs...)` instead.
It looks like parser functionality was split into Base.parse for parsing of numeric literal strings, and Meta.parse for expression parsing.
julia> Base.parse(Float32, "1.7")
1.7f0
julia> Meta.parse("1 + 1")
:(1 + 1)
julia> eval(ans)
2
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