From de38871dfe77b5fbc9e3ba98eda1b03e64523383 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Rackauckas <Contact@ChrisRackauckas.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 20:47:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] bring back `@broadcast`

---
 src/ParallelDataTransfer.jl | 16 +++++++---------
 test/runtests.jl            |  6 +++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ParallelDataTransfer.jl b/src/ParallelDataTransfer.jl
index b3f980b..a3e8370 100644
--- a/src/ParallelDataTransfer.jl
+++ b/src/ParallelDataTransfer.jl
@@ -65,15 +65,13 @@ module ParallelDataTransfer
       end
   end
 
-  # This produces the error "invalid let syntax"
-  
-  # macro broadcast(ex)
-  #     quote
-  #         @sync for p in workers()
-  #             @async @defineat p $(esc(ex))
-  #         end
-  #     end
-  # end
+  macro broadcast(ex)
+     quote
+         for p in workers()
+             @defineat p $(ex)
+         end
+     end
+  end
 
   export sendtosimple, @sendto, sendto, getfrom, passobj,
          @broadcast, @getfrom, @passobj, @defineat
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 99e397b..34b42e9 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ xhome = @getfrom(3, x)
 @test x==5
 
 # broadcast needs to be fixed
-# @broadcast x=6
-# @passobj 4 1 x
-# @test x==6
+@broadcast x=6
+@passobj 4 1 x
+@test x==6
 
 # pass variables t, u, v from process 3 to process 1
 @spawnat 3 eval(:(t=1))