help load time regression in JuliaLang/julia#33615 (JuliaLang/julia#33757)

Author: JeffBezanson

src/Distributed.jl

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import Base: getindex, wait, put!, take!, fetch, isready, push!, length,
              hash, ==, kill, close, isopen, showerror
 
 # imports for use
-using Base: Process, Semaphore, JLOptions, AnyDict, buffer_writes, @sync_add,
+using Base: Process, Semaphore, JLOptions, buffer_writes, @sync_add,
             VERSION_STRING, binding_module, atexit, julia_exename,
             julia_cmd, AsyncGenerator, acquire, release, invokelatest,
             shell_escape_posixly, uv_error, something, notnothing, isbuffered

src/cluster.jl

@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ function addprocs(manager::ClusterManager; kwargs...)
 end
 
 function addprocs_locked(manager::ClusterManager; kwargs...)
-    params = merge(default_addprocs_params(), AnyDict(kwargs))
+    params = merge(default_addprocs_params(), Dict{Symbol,Any}(kwargs))
     topology(Symbol(params[:topology]))
 
     if PGRP.topology !== :all_to_all
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ function set_valid_processes(plist::Array{Int})
     end
 end
 
-default_addprocs_params() = AnyDict(
+default_addprocs_params() = Dict{Symbol,Any}(
     :topology => :all_to_all,
     :dir      => pwd(),
     :exename  => joinpath(Sys.BINDIR, julia_exename()),

src/remotecall.jl

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license
 
+abstract type AbstractRemoteRef end
+
 """
     client_refs
 
@@ -8,9 +10,7 @@ Tracks whether a particular `AbstractRemoteRef`
 
 The `client_refs` lock is also used to synchronize access to `.refs` and associated `clientset` state.
 """
-const client_refs = WeakKeyDict{Any, Nothing}() # used as a WeakKeySet
-
-abstract type AbstractRemoteRef end
+const client_refs = WeakKeyDict{AbstractRemoteRef, Nothing}() # used as a WeakKeySet
 
 """
     Future(w::Int, rrid::RRID, v::Union{Some, Nothing}=nothing)