Base.NamedTuple(itr) = (; itr...) (#741)

Project.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "Compat"
 uuid = "34da2185-b29b-5c13-b0c7-acf172513d20"
-version = "3.27.0"
+version = "3.28.0"
 
 [deps]
 Base64 = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"

README.md

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ changes in `julia`.
 
 ## Supported features
 
+* `NamedTuple(::Pairs)` ([#37454]) (since Compat 3.28)
+
 * `UUID(::UUID)` and `parse(::Type{UUID}, string)` ([#36018] / [#36199]) (since Compat 3.27)
 
 * `cispi(x)` for accurately calculating `cis(pi * x)` ([#38449]) (since Compat 3.25)
@@ -238,4 +240,5 @@ Note that you should specify the correct minimum version for `Compat` in the
 [#29790]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/29790
 [#38449]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/38449
 [#36018]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/36018
-[#36199]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/36199
+[#36199]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/36199
+[#37454]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/37454

src/Compat.jl

@@ -889,6 +889,11 @@ if VERSION < v"1.6.0-DEV.196"
     Base.parse(::Type{UUID}, s::AbstractString) = UUID(s)
 end
 
+# https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/37454
+if VERSION < v"1.6.0-DEV.877"
+    Base.NamedTuple(itr) = (; itr...)
+end
+
 include("iterators.jl")
 include("deprecated.jl")
 

test/runtests.jl

@@ -878,3 +878,9 @@ end
     uuid2 = UUID(uuidstr2)
     @test parse(UUID, uuidstr2) == uuid2
 end
+
+# https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/37454
+@testset "Base.NamedTuple(itr) = (; itr...)" begin
+    f(;kwargs...) = NamedTuple(kwargs)
+    @test f(a=1, b=2) == (a=1, b=2)
+end