Deprecate +/- methods for array+scalar etc

The elementwise definition is incorrect for linear algebra.

NEWS.md

@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ Deprecated or removed
   * The function `showall` is deprecated. Showing entire values is the default, unless an
     `IOContext` specifying `:limit=>true` is in use ([#22847]).
 
+  * Automatically broadcasted `+` and `-` for `array + scalar`, `scalar - array`, and so-on have
+    been deprecated due to inconsistency with linear algebra. Use `.+` and `.-` for these operations
+    instead.
+
 
 Julia v0.6.0 Release Notes
 ==========================

base/dates/periods.jl

@@ -358,8 +358,6 @@ GeneralPeriod = Union{Period, CompoundPeriod}
 
 for op in (:+, :-)
     @eval begin
-        ($op)(x::GeneralPeriod, Y::StridedArray{<:GeneralPeriod}) = broadcast($op, x, Y)
-        ($op)(Y::StridedArray{<:GeneralPeriod}, x::GeneralPeriod) = broadcast($op, Y, x)
         ($op)(X::StridedArray{<:GeneralPeriod}, Y::StridedArray{<:GeneralPeriod}) =
             reshape(CompoundPeriod[($op)(x, y) for (x, y) in zip(X, Y)], promote_shape(size(X), size(Y)))
     end

base/deprecated.jl

@@ -1591,6 +1591,11 @@ end
 @deprecate readstring(filename::AbstractString) read(filename, String)
 @deprecate readstring(cmd::AbstractCmd) read(cmd, String)
 
+@deprecate +(a::Number, b::AbstractArray) a .+ b
+@deprecate +(a::AbstractArray, b::Number) a .+ b
+@deprecate -(a::Number, b::AbstractArray) a .- b
+@deprecate -(a::AbstractArray, b::Number) a .- b
+
 # END 0.7 deprecations
 
 # BEGIN 1.0 deprecations

base/linalg/symmetric.jl

@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ A_mul_Bt(A::AbstractTriangular, B::RealHermSymComplexSym) = A*B
 Ac_mul_B(A::RealHermSymComplexHerm, B::AbstractTriangular) = A*B
 A_mul_Bc(A::AbstractTriangular, B::RealHermSymComplexHerm) = A*B
 
-for T in (:Symmetric, :Hermitian), op in (:+, :-, :*, :/)
+for T in (:Symmetric, :Hermitian), op in (:*, :/)
     # Deal with an ambiguous case
     @eval ($op)(A::$T, x::Bool) = ($T)(($op)(A.data, x), Symbol(A.uplo))
     S = T == :Hermitian ? :Real : :Number

base/random.jl

@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ srand(r::MersenneTwister, n::Integer) = srand(r, make_seed(n))
 
 function dsfmt_gv_srand()
     # Temporary fix for #8874 and #9124: update global RNG for Rmath
-    dsfmt_gv_init_by_array(GLOBAL_RNG.seed+UInt32(1))
+    dsfmt_gv_init_by_array(GLOBAL_RNG.seed .+ UInt32(1))
     return GLOBAL_RNG
 end