add contains(str, r::Regex) (#452)

README.md

@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `copy!` and `unsafe_copy!` are now `copyto!` and `unsafe_copyto!` ([#24808]).
 
+* `ismatch(r::Regex, str::AbstractString)` is now `contains(str, r)` ([#24673]).
+
 * `ipermute!` is now `invpermute!` ([#25168]).
 
 ## New macros
@@ -429,6 +431,7 @@ includes this fix. Find the minimum version from there.
 [#24648]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24648
 [#24652]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24652
 [#24657]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24657
+[#24673]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24673
 [#24714]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24714
 [#24785]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24785
 [#24808]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24808

src/Compat.jl

@@ -1093,6 +1093,11 @@ end
     export copyto!, unsafe_copyto!
 end
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.3272
+@static if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.3272"
+    Base.contains(str::AbstractString, r::Regex) = ismatch(r, str)
+end
+
 @static if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.3025"
     import Base: convert, ndims, getindex, size, length, eltype,
                  start, next, done, first, last

test/runtests.jl

@@ -1083,6 +1083,9 @@ let A = [0, 0, 0], B = [1, 2, 3]
     @test unsafe_copyto!(A, 2, B, 1, 1) === A == [0, 1, 0]
 end
 
+# 0.7
+@test contains("Hello, World!", r"World")
+
 # 0.7.0-DEV.3173
 @test invpermute!(permute!([1, 2], 2:-1:1), 2:-1:1) == [1, 2]