Mostly running now.

These two bugs do not matter anymore as the new tests do not rely on method_exists:
method_exists_bug1 = false # see JuliaLang/julia#8959
method_exists_bug2 = false # see JuliaLang/julia#9043 and #2

src/Traits.jl

@@ -159,8 +159,10 @@ function istrait{T<:Trait}(Tr::Type{T}; verbose=false)
         end
     end
 
-    # check return-type
-    if flag_check_return_types
+    # check return-type.  Specifed return type tret and return-type of
+    # the methods frets should fret<:tret.  This is backwards to
+    # argument types...
+        if flag_check_return_types
         for (gf,_gf) in tr.methods
             for tm in methods(_gf) # loop over all methods defined for each function in traitdef
                 @show tret_typ = Base.return_types(_gf, tm.sig) # trait-defined return type
@@ -177,9 +179,9 @@ function istrait{T<:Trait}(Tr::Type{T}; verbose=false)
                     end
                 end
                 if !checks
-                    println_verb("""No return types found which are subtypes of the specified return type:
+                    println_verb("""For function $gf: no return types found which are subtypes of the specified return type:
                                  $tret_typ
-                                 found:
+                                 List of found return types:
                                  $fret_typ
                                  """)
                     return false

src/base_fixes.jl

@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ function Base.func_for_method(m::Method, tt, env)
     end
 end
 println("  endof ok-warning.")
+
+
+# eltype for dicts
+Base.eltype{K}(::Type{Associative{K}}) = (K,Any)
+Base.eltype(::Type{Associative}) = (Any,Any)

src/commontraits.jl

@@ -58,17 +58,17 @@ end
     K,V = eltype(X) 
 
     # note, ObjectId dict is not part of this interface
-    haskey(X, All)
-    get(X, All, All)
-    get(Function, X, All)
-    get!(X, All, All)
-    get!(Function, X, All)
-    getkey(X, All, All)
-    delete!(X, All) -> X
-    pop!(X, All)
-    pop!(X, All, All)
-    merge(X, All...) -> X
-    merge!(X, All...)
+    haskey(X, Any)
+    get(X, Any, Any)
+    get(Function, X, Any)
+    get!(X, Any, Any)
+    get!(Function, X, Any)
+    getkey(X, Any, Any)
+    delete!(X, Any) -> X
+    pop!(X, Any)
+    pop!(X, Any, Any)
+    # merge(X, Any...) -> X
+    # merge!(X, Any...)
     # provieds
     # keys(X) -> Base.KeyIterator
     # values(X) -> Base.ValueIterator

src/traitdef.jl

@@ -138,13 +138,16 @@ function parsefnstypes!(outfns, ln)
         # parses f(X,Y), f{X <:T}(X,Y) and X+Y
         # into f and _f(...)
 
+        #        getsymbol = gensym
+        getsymbol(fn) = symbol("__"*string(fn))
+
         _fn = deepcopy(def)
         if isa(def.args[1], Symbol) # f(X,Y) or X+Y
             fn = def.args[1]
-            _fn.args[1] = gensym(fn)
+            _fn.args[1] = getsymbol(fn)
         elseif def.args[1].head==:curly # f{X}(X,Y)
             fn = def.args[1].args[1]
-            _fn.args[1].args[1] = gensym(fn)
+            _fn.args[1].args[1] = getsymbol(fn)
         else
             throw(TraitException(
                   "Something went wrong parsing the trait function definition:\n$fn"))

test/runtests.jl

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using Base.Test
 using Traits
 ## BUG flags: set to false once fixed to activate tests
 # Julia issues:
-method_exists_bug1 = true # see https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8959
+method_exists_bug1 = false # see https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8959
 method_exists_bug2 = false # see https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9043 and https://github.com/mauro3/Traits.jl/issues/2
 function_types_bug1 = true # set to false if function types get implemented in Julia
 # Traits.jl issues:

test/traitdef.jl

@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ end
 coll = [Vector{Int}, Dict{Int,Int}, Set{Int}]
 iter = [Traits.GenerateTypeVars{:upcase},  Int] #todo: add String,
 if method_exists_bug1
-    assoc = [] #todo add again: Dict{Int,Int}] # , ObjectIdDict]
+    dicts = [] #todo add again: Dict{Int,Int}] # , ObjectIdDict]
 else
-    assoc = [Array{Int,2}, Dict{Int,Int}, StepRange{Int,Int}]
+    dicts = [Dict{Int}, Dict{Int,Int}] # Dict does not work, ObjectIdDict does not fulfill the trait
 end
 index = [Array{Int,2}, StepRange{Int,Int}]
-
+c =1
 for c in coll
     @test istrait(Collection{c}, verbose=true)
     @test istrait(Iter{c}, verbose=true)
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ for c in iter
     @test istrait(Iter{c}, verbose=true)
 end
 
-for c in assoc
+for c in dicts
     @test istrait(Assoc{c}, verbose=true)
 end