diff --git a/src/arithmetic.jl b/src/arithmetic.jl
index a7621be..99d012f 100644
--- a/src/arithmetic.jl
+++ b/src/arithmetic.jl
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ end
 
 import Base: A_mul_B!, A_mul_Bc!, A_mul_Bc, A_mul_Bt!, A_mul_Bt, Ac_mul_B, Ac_mul_B!, Ac_mul_Bc, Ac_mul_Bc!, At_mul_B, At_mul_B!, At_mul_Bt, At_mul_Bt!
 
-if VERSION >= v"0.5.0-dev" ## v0.4 ambiguity-hell with AbstractTriangular c.s.
+if VERSION ≥ v"0.5.0" ## v0.4 ambiguity-hell with AbstractTriangular c.s.
     ## Assume dimensions/names are correct
     for op in (:A_mul_B!, :A_mul_Bc!, :A_mul_Bt!, :Ac_mul_B!, :Ac_mul_Bc!, :At_mul_B!, :At_mul_Bt!)
         @eval ($op)(C::NamedMatrix, A::AbstractMatrix, B::AbstractMatrix) = ($op)(C.array, A, B)
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ end
 \{Tx<:Number,Ty<:Number}(x::Diagonal{Tx}, y::NamedVector{Ty}) = x \ y.array
 \{Tx<:Number,Ty<:Number}(x::Union{Bidiagonal{Tx},LinAlg.AbstractTriangular{Tx}}, y::NamedVector{Ty}) = x \ y.array
 \{Tx<:Number,Ty<:Number}(x::Union{Bidiagonal{Tx},LinAlg.AbstractTriangular{Tx}}, y::NamedMatrix{Ty}) = NamedArray(x \ y.array, (defaultnamesdict(size(x,1)), y.dicts[2]), (:A, y.dimnames[2]))
-if VERSION >= v"0.4.0-dev"
-    \(x::Bidiagonal,y::NamedVector) = NamedArray(x \ y.array, ([string(i) for i in 1:size(x,2)], names(y,2)), (:A, y.dimnames[2]))
-    \(x::Bidiagonal,y::NamedMatrix) = NamedArray(x \ y.array, ([string(i) for i in 1:size(x,2)], names(y,2)), (:A, y.dimnames[2]))
-end
+
+\(x::Bidiagonal,y::NamedVector) = NamedArray(x \ y.array, ([string(i) for i in 1:size(x,2)], names(y,2)), (:A, y.dimnames[2]))
+\(x::Bidiagonal,y::NamedMatrix) = NamedArray(x \ y.array, ([string(i) for i in 1:size(x,2)], names(y,2)), (:A, y.dimnames[2]))
+
 ## AbstractVectorOrMat gives us more ambiguities than separate entries...
 \(x::AbstractVector, y::NamedVector) = x \ y.array
 \(x::AbstractMatrix, y::NamedVector) = x \ y.array
diff --git a/src/compat.jl b/src/compat.jl
index 6269873..d557f56 100644
--- a/src/compat.jl
+++ b/src/compat.jl
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev+2023"
     displaysize(io::IO) = Base.tty_size()
 end
 
-if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev"
+if !isdefined(Core, :String)
     String = ASCIIString
 end
diff --git a/src/constructors.jl b/src/constructors.jl
index d6ede98..bcdceff 100644
--- a/src/constructors.jl
+++ b/src/constructors.jl
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ defaultdimnames(ndim::Integer) = map(defaultdimname, tuple(1:ndim...))
 defaultdimnames(a::AbstractArray) = defaultdimnames(ndims(a))
 
 ## disambiguation (Argh...)
-if VERSION ≥ v"0.4-dev"
-    NamedArray{T,N}(a::AbstractArray{T,N}, names::Tuple{}, dimnames::NTuple{N}) = NamedArray{T,N,typeof(a),Tuple{}}(a, (), ())
-    NamedArray{T,N}(a::AbstractArray{T,N}, names::Tuple{}) = NamedArray{T,N,typeof(a),Tuple{}}(a, (), ())
-end
+NamedArray{T,N}(a::AbstractArray{T,N}, names::Tuple{}, dimnames::NTuple{N}) = NamedArray{T,N,typeof(a),Tuple{}}(a, (), ())
+NamedArray{T,N}(a::AbstractArray{T,N}, names::Tuple{}) = NamedArray{T,N,typeof(a),Tuple{}}(a, (), ())
 
 ## Basic constructor: array, tuple of dicts, tuple
 ## This calls the inner constructor with the appropriate types
@@ -68,6 +66,6 @@ function NamedArray(T::DataType, dims::Int...)
     NamedArray(a, tuple(names...), tuple(dimnames...))
 end
 
-if VERSION >= v"0.5.0-dev"
+if VERSION >= v"0.5.0-dev+2396"
     include("typedconstructor.jl")
 end
diff --git a/src/convert.jl b/src/convert.jl
index 40efb9e..14c9d17 100644
--- a/src/convert.jl
+++ b/src/convert.jl
@@ -20,17 +20,3 @@ array(n::NamedArray) = n.array
 
 ## to other type
 convert{T}(::Type{NamedArray{T}}, n::NamedArray) = NamedArray(convert(Array{T}, n.array), n.dicts, n.dimnames)
-
-#function promote_rule{T1<:Real,T2<:Real,N}(::Type{Array{T1,N}}, ::Type{NamedArray{T2,N}})
-#    println("my rule")
-#    t = promote_type(T1,T2)
-#    Array{t,N}
-#end
-
-## convenience functions
-##if VERSION < v"0.4-dev"
-##    for tf in [:float16, :float32, :float64, :complex32, :complex64, :complex128]
-##        eval(Expr(:import, :Base, tf))
-##        @eval ($tf)(a::NamedArray) = NamedArray(($tf)(a.array), a.dicts, a.dimnames)
-##    end
-##end
diff --git a/src/index.jl b/src/index.jl
index da08bf5..bc9dde5 100644
--- a/src/index.jl
+++ b/src/index.jl
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 import Base: getindex
 
-## ambiguity from abstractarray.jl
-if VERSION < v"0.5-dev"
+if VERSION < v"0.5"
+    ## ambiguity from abstractarray.jl
     getindex(n::NamedArray, i::Real) = namedgetindex(n, indices(n.dicts[1], i))
     getindex(n::NamedArray, i::AbstractArray) = namedgetindex(n, indices(n.dicts[1], i))
 end
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ getindex(n::NamedArray, ::Colon) = n.array[:]
 
 ## special 0-dimensional case
 getindex{T}(n::NamedArray{T,0}, i::Real) = getindex(n.array, i)
-if VERSION < v"0.5-dev"
+if VERSION < v"0.5"
     getindex(n::NamedArray, i) = namedgetindex(n, indices(n.dicts[1], i))
     getindex(n::NamedArray, i1, i2) = namedgetindex(n, indices(n.dicts[1], i1), indices(n.dicts[2], i2))
     getindex(n::NamedArray, i1, i2, i3) = namedgetindex(n, indices(n.dicts[1], i1), indices(n.dicts[2], i2), indices(n.dicts[3], i3))
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ indices(dict::Associative, i::Not) = setdiff(1:length(dict), indices(dict, i.ind
 ## and has been computed by `indices()`
 
 ## Simple scalar indexing
-if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev"
+if VERSION < v"0.5"
     namedgetindex(n::NamedArray, i::Integer) = getindex(n.array, i)
     namedgetindex(n::NamedArray, i1::Integer, i2::Integer) = getindex(n.array, i1, i2)
     namedgetindex(n::NamedArray, i1::Integer, i2::Integer, i3::Integer) = getindex(n.array, i1, i2, i3)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ dimkeepingtype(x::Range) = true
 dimkeepingtype(x::BitArray) = true
 
 ## Slices etc.
-if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev"
+if VERSION < v"0.5"
     ## in julia pre 0.5, only trailing singleton dimensions are removed
     function namedgetindex(n::NamedArray, index...)
         a = getindex(n.array, index...)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ import Base.setindex!
 
 setindex!{T}(A::NamedArray{T}, x) = setindex!(A, convert(T,x), 1)
 
-if VERSION < v"0.5-dev"
+if VERSION < v"0.5"
     setindex!{T}(n::NamedArray{T}, x, i1::Real) = setindex!(n.array, convert(T,x), indices(n.dicts[1],i1))
     setindex!{T}(n::NamedArray{T}, x, i1::Real, i2::Real) = setindex!(n.array, convert(T,x), indices(n.dicts[1], i1), indices(n.dicts[2], i2))
     setindex!{T}(n::NamedArray{T}, x, i1::Real, i2::Real, i3::Real) = setindex!(n.array, convert(T,x), indices(n.dicts[1],i1), indices(n.dicts[2], i2), indices(n.dicts[3], i3))
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ function setindex!{T}(A::NamedArray{T}, X::ArrayOrNamed{T}, I::Range{Int})
     return A
 end
 
-if VERSION < v"0.5-dev"
+if VERSION < v"0.5"
     # n[[1,3,4,6]] = 1:4
     setindex!{T<:Real}(A::NamedArray, X::AbstractArray, I::AbstractVector{T}) = setindex!(A.array, X, I)
 
diff --git a/src/keepnames.jl b/src/keepnames.jl
index 72bafb3..0cfa2a1 100644
--- a/src/keepnames.jl
+++ b/src/keepnames.jl
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ function Base.vcat(N::NamedVector...)
 end
 
 ## broadcast
-if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev"
+if VERSION < v"0.5"
     Base.Broadcast.broadcast(f, n::NamedArray, As...) = broadcast!(f, similar(n, Base.Broadcast.broadcast_shape(n, As...)), n, As...)
 else
     Base.Broadcast.broadcast_t(f, T, n::NamedArray, As...) = broadcast!(f, similar(n, T, Base.Broadcast.broadcast_shape(n, As...)), n, As...)
 end
 
 ## keep names intact
-if VERSION < v"0.5-dev"
+if VERSION < v"0.5"
     for f in (:sin, :cos, :tan, :sind, :cosd, :tand, :sinpi, :cospi, :sinh, :cosh, :tanh, :asin, :acos, :atan, :asind, :acosd, :sec, :csc, :cot, :secd, :cscd, :cotd, :asec, :acsc, :asecd, :acscd, :acotd, :sech, :csch, :coth, :asinh, :acosh, :atanh, :asech, :acsch, :acoth, :sinc, :cosc, :deg2rad, :log, :log2, :log10, :log1p, :exp, :exp2, :exp10, :expm1, :ceil, :floor, :trunc, :round, :abs, :abs2, :sign, :signbit, :sqrt, :isqrt, :cbrt, :erf, :erfc, :erfcx, :erfi, :dawson, :erfinv, :erfcinv, :real, :imag, :conj, :angle, :cis, :gamma, :lgamma, :digamma, :invdigamma, :trigamma, :airyai, :airyprime, :airyaiprime, :airybi, :airybiprime, :besselj0, :besselj1, :bessely0, :bessely1, :eta, :zeta)
         eval(Expr(:import, :Base, f))
         @eval ($f)(a::NamedArray) = NamedArray(($f)(a.array), a.dicts, a.dimnames)
diff --git a/src/names.jl b/src/names.jl
index 1b37e6e..be90517 100644
--- a/src/names.jl
+++ b/src/names.jl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dimnames(a::AbstractArray) = [defaultdimnames(a)...]
 dimnames(a::AbstractArray, d::Integer) = defaultdimname(d)
 
 ## string versions of the above
-strnames(dict::Associative) = map(string, names(dict))
+strnames(dict::Associative) = [isa(name, String) ? name : sprint(showcompact, name) for name in names(dict)]
 strnames(n::NamedArray) = [strnames(d) for d in n.dicts]
 strnames(n::NamedArray, d::Integer) = strnames(n.dicts[d])
 strdimnames(n::NamedArray) = [string(dn) for dn in n.dimnames]
diff --git a/src/rearrange.jl b/src/rearrange.jl
index 6288b2c..a7011e9 100644
--- a/src/rearrange.jl
+++ b/src/rearrange.jl
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ rotr90(n::NamedArray) = transpose(flipdim(n, 1))
 rotl90(n::NamedArray) = transpose(flipdim(n, 2))
 rot180(n::NamedArray) = NamedArray(rot180(n.array), tuple([reverse(name) for name in names(n)]...), n.dimnames)
 
-if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev"
+if VERSION < v"0.5"
     import Base.nthperm, Base.nthperm!
 else
     import Combinatorics.nthperm, Combinatorics.nthperm!
diff --git a/test/arithmetic.jl b/test/arithmetic.jl
index 807050f..c4f188c 100644
--- a/test/arithmetic.jl
+++ b/test/arithmetic.jl
@@ -62,20 +62,22 @@ end
 @test ((1:6) - v).array == (1:6) - v.array
 
 ## matmul
-if VERSION >= v"0.5.0-dev" ## v0.4 ambiguity-hell with AbstractTriangular c.s.
+if VERSION ≥ v"0.5" ## v0.4 ambiguity-hell with AbstractTriangular c.s.
     ## Assume dimensions/names are correct
 	c = NamedArray(Float64, 5, 5)
-	A_mul_B!(c, randn(5, 10), randn(10, 5))
-	A_mul_Bc!(c, randn(5, 10), randn(5, 10))
-	A_mul_Bt!(c, randn(5, 10), randn(5, 10))
-	Ac_mul_B!(c, randn(10, 5), randn(10, 5))
-	At_mul_B!(c, randn(10, 5), randn(10, 5))
-	At_mul_Bt!(c, randn(10,5), randn(5, 10))
+	r5x10 = randn(5, 10)
+	r10x5 = randn(10, 5)
+	@test A_mul_B!(c, r5x10, r10x5) == r5x10 * r10x5
+	@test A_mul_Bc!(c, r5x10, r5x10) == r5x10 * r5x10'
+	@test A_mul_Bt!(c, r5x10, r5x10) == r5x10 * r5x10'
+	@test Ac_mul_B!(c, r10x5, r10x5) == r10x5' * r10x5
+	@test At_mul_B!(c, r10x5, r10x5) == r10x5' * r10x5
+	@test At_mul_Bt!(c, r10x5, r5x10) == r10x5' * r5x10'
 end
 
 for m in (NamedArray(rand(4)), NamedArray(rand(4,3)))
-    m * m'
-    m' * m
+    @test m * m' == m.array * m.array'
+    @test m' * m == m.array' * m.array
     @test n * m == n * m.array == n.array * m == n.array * m.array
     ## the first expression dispatches Ac_mul_Bc!:
     @test isapprox(m' * n.array', m' * n')
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ lufa = lufact(n.array)
 a = randn(1000,10); s = NamedArray(a'a)
 
 ## The necessity for isapprox sugests we don't get BLAS implementations but a fallback...
-if VERSION >= v"0.5.0-dev" ## v0.4 cholfact is different?
+if VERSION ≥ v"0.5" ## v0.4 cholfact is different?
 	@test isapprox(cholfact(s).factors.array, cholfact(s.array).factors)
 end
 
diff --git a/test/constructors.jl b/test/constructors.jl
index 8c0cfe0..a4c793c 100644
--- a/test/constructors.jl
+++ b/test/constructors.jl
@@ -40,11 +40,9 @@ n4 = NamedArray(a, (OrderedDict("a"=>1,"b"=>2), OrderedDict("C"=>1,"D"=>2,"E"=>3
 @test names(n3,2) == names(n4,2) == ["C","D","E"]
 
 ## 0-dim case #21
-if VERSION ≥ v"0.4-dev"
-    n0 = NamedArray(Array{Int}())
-    @test size(n0) == ()
-    @test n0[1] == n0.array[1]
-end
+n0 = NamedArray(Array{Int}())
+@test size(n0) == ()
+@test n0[1] == n0.array[1]
 
 ## Calling constructors through convert, #38
 @test convert(NamedArray, n.array) == NamedArray(n.array)
diff --git a/test/index.jl b/test/index.jl
index f6aa83a..6e57af3 100644
--- a/test/index.jl
+++ b/test/index.jl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ first = n.array[1,:]
 @test names(n[Not("two"), :]) == names(n[1:1, :])
 @test n[:, ["b", "d"]] == view(n, :, ["b", "d"]) == n[:, [2, 4]]
 
-if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev"
+if VERSION < v"0.5"
     @test names(n["one", :],1) == ["one"]
 end
 @test names(n[Not("one"), :],1) == ["two"]
diff --git a/test/init-namedarrays.jl b/test/init-namedarrays.jl
index 2d99dd6..be480dc 100644
--- a/test/init-namedarrays.jl
+++ b/test/init-namedarrays.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 n = NamedArray(rand(2,4))
 Letters = [string(Char(64+i)) for i in 1:26]
 letters = [string(Char(64+32+i)) for i in 1:26]
-if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev"
+if VERSION < v"0.5"
 	letters = ASCIIString[ascii(s) for s in letters]
 end
 
diff --git a/test/matrixops.jl b/test/matrixops.jl
index 9c609ca..8e2cfde 100644
--- a/test/matrixops.jl
+++ b/test/matrixops.jl
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ for t in (Float32, Float64)
     d = diag(a)
     diagm(d)
     cond(a)
-    if VERSION ≥ v"0.4-dev"
-        nullspace(a)
-    else
-        null(a)
-    end
+    nullspace(a)
     kron(a, a)
     linreg(a[:,1], b[:,1])
     lyap(a, c)
diff --git a/test/names.jl b/test/names.jl
index bfc1c92..e572b84 100644
--- a/test/names.jl
+++ b/test/names.jl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include("init-namedarrays.jl")
 @test dimnames(n.array, 1) == :A
 @test dimnames(n.array, 2) == :B
 
-if VERSION > v"0.5.0-dev" ## ascii and utf-8 are both String
+if VERSION ≥ v"0.5" ## ascii and utf-8 are both String
 	dn1 = ["一", "二"]
 	dn2 = ["一", "二", "三", "四"]
 else
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index ef0e323..62c13a9 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ using NamedArrays
 using Base.Test
 using DataStructures
 
-if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev"
-	view(n, args...) = getindex(n, args...)
+if VERSION < v"0.5"
+	view(n::NamedArray, args...) = getindex(n, args...)
 end
 
 include("test.jl")
diff --git a/test/show.jl b/test/show.jl
index 779dc6a..7c235c3 100644
--- a/test/show.jl
+++ b/test/show.jl
@@ -9,27 +9,109 @@ println("show,")
 
 include("init-namedarrays.jl")
 
-if VERSION >= v"0.4.0-dev"
-    println(NamedArray(Array{Int}()))
+if VERSION ≥ v"0.5"
+    tostring(b::IOBuffer) = String(b)
+    times = "×" ## \times
+else
+    tostring(b::IOBuffer) = UTF8String(b.data)
+    times = "x" # ex
 end
-println(NamedArray([]))
-print(n)
-println()
-show(n)
-show(STDOUT, MIME"text/plain"(), n)
-show(NamedArray(randn(2,1000)))
-show(NamedArray(randn(1000,2)))
-show(NamedArray(randn(1000)))
 
+function showlines(x...)
+    buf = IOBuffer()
+    show(buf, x...)
+    return split(tostring(buf), "\n")
+end
+
+lines = showlines(NamedArray(Array{Int}()))
+@test length(lines) == 2
+@test lines[1] == "0-dimensional Named Array{Int64,0}"
+
+lines = showlines(NamedArray([]))
+@test length(lines) == 2
+@test lines[1] == "0-element Named Array{Any,1}"
+
+for lines in Any[showlines(n), showlines(MIME"text/plain"(), n)]
+    @test length(lines) == 5
+    @test lines[1] == "2$(times)4 Named Array{Float64,2}"
+    @test split(lines[2]) == vcat(["A", "╲", "B", "│"], letters[1:4])
+end
+
+## wide array abbreviated
+lines = showlines(NamedArray(randn(2,1000)))
+@test length(lines) == 5
+@test lines[1] == "2$(times)1000 Named Array{Float64,2}"
+header = split(lines[2])
+@test header[vcat(1:5, end)] == ["A", "╲", "B", "│", "1", "1000"]
+@test "…" in header
+for (i, line) in enumerate(lines[end-1:end])
+    @test split(line)[1] == string(i)
+end
+
+## tall array abbreviated
+lines = showlines(NamedArray(randn(1000,2)))
+@test length(lines) > 7
+@test lines[1] == "1000$(times)2 Named Array{Float64,2}"
+@test split(lines[2]) == ["A", "╲", "B", "│", "1", "2"]
+@test split(lines[4])[1] == "1"
+@test split(lines[end])[1] == "1000"
+
+## tall vector abbreviated
+lines = showlines(NamedArray(randn(1000)))
+@test length(lines) > 7
+@test lines[1] == "1000-element Named Array{Float64,1}"
+@test split(lines[2]) == ["A", "│"]
+@test split(lines[4])[1] == "1"
+@test split(lines[end])[1] == "1000"
+
+## non-standard integer indexing
 zo = [0,1]
-println(NamedArray(rand(2,2,2), (zo, zo, zo), ("base", "zero", "indexing")))
+lines = showlines(NamedArray(rand(2,2,2), (zo, zo, zo), ("base", "zero", "indexing")))
+@test length(lines) == 13
+@test lines[1] == "2$(times)2$(times)2 Named Array{Float64,3}"
+
+for (index, offset) in ([0, 3], [1, 9])
+    @test lines[offset] == "[:, :, indexing=$index] ="
+    @test split(lines[offset+1]) == ["base", "╲", "zero", "│", "0", "1"]
+    @test split(lines[offset+3])[1] == "0"
+    @test split(lines[offset+4])[1] == "1"
+end
+
 for ndim in 1:5
-    println(NamedArray(rand(fill(2,ndim)...)))
+    lines = showlines(NamedArray(rand(fill(2,ndim)...)))
+    if (ndim == 1)
+        line1 = "2-element Named Array{Float64,1}"
+    else
+        line1 = join(repmat(["2"], ndim), times) * " Named Array{Float64,$ndim}"
+    end
+    @test lines[1] == line1
+    if ndim ≥ 3
+        @test startswith(lines[3], "[:, :, C=1")
+        @test split(lines[4]) == ["A", "╲", "B", "│", "1", "2"]
+    end
 end
 ## various singletons
 println(NamedArray(rand(1,2,2)))
 println(NamedArray(rand(2,1,2)))
 println(NamedArray(rand(2,2,1)))
 
+## sparse array
 nms = [string(hash(i)) for i in 1:1000]
-show(NamedArray(sprand(1000,1000, 1e-4), (nms, nms)))
+lines = showlines(NamedArray(sprand(1000,1000, 1e-4), (nms, nms)))
+@test length(lines) > 7
+@test startswith(lines[1], "1000×1000 Named sparse matrix with")
+@test endswith(lines[1], "Float64 nonzero entries:")
+@test sum([contains(line, "⋮") for line in lines]) == 1
+
+# array with Nullable names
+lines = showlines(NamedArray(rand(2, 2), (Nullable["a", Nullable()], Nullable["c", "d"])))
+@test lines[1] == "2$(times)2 Named Array{Float64,2}"
+if VERSION >= v"0.5.0-"
+    @test split(lines[2]) == ["A", "╲", "B", "│", "\"c\"", "\"d\""]
+    @test startswith(lines[4], "\"a\"")
+    @test startswith(lines[5], "#NULL")
+else
+    @test split(lines[2]) == ["A","╲","B","│","Nullable(\"c\")","Nullable(\"d\")"]
+    @test startswith(lines[4], "Nullable(\"a\")")
+    @test startswith(lines[5], "Nullable")
+end
diff --git a/test/test.jl b/test/test.jl
index b5d4d15..62e64e5 100644
--- a/test/test.jl
+++ b/test/test.jl
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ for i1=1:2, i2=1:3, i3=1:4, i4=1:3, i5=1:2, i6=1:3
     @test m[string(i1), string(i2), string(i3), string(i4), string(i5), string(i6)] == m.array[i1,i2,i3,i4,i5,i6]
 end
 m[1, :, 2, :, 2, 3].array == m.array[1, :, 2, :, 2, 3]
-if VERSION >= v"0.5-dev"
+if VERSION ≥ v"0.5"
     i = [3 2 4; 1 4 2]
     @test n[:, i].array == n.array[:, i]
     @test names(n[:, i], 1) == names(n, 1)
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ print("vectorized, ")
 
 ## a selection of vectorized functions
 for f in  (:sin, :cos, :tan,  :sinpi, :cospi, :sinh, :cosh, :tanh, :asin, :acos, :atan, :sinc, :cosc, :deg2rad, :log, :log2, :log10, :log1p, :exp, :exp2, :exp10, :expm1, :abs, :abs2, :sign, :sqrt,  :erf, :erfc, :erfcx, :erfi, :dawson, :erfinv, :erfcinv, :gamma, :lgamma, :digamma, :invdigamma, :trigamma, :besselj0, :besselj1, :bessely0, :bessely1, :eta, :zeta)
-    if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev"
+    if VERSION < v"0.5"
         @eval @test ($f)(n).array == ($f)(n.array)
     else
         @eval begin
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ for f in  (:sin, :cos, :tan,  :sinpi, :cospi, :sinh, :cosh, :tanh, :asin, :acos,
     end
 end
 #39
-if VERSION >= v"0.5.0-dev"
+if VERSION ≥ v"0.5"
     v = n[1,:]
     @test sin.(v).array == sin.(v.array)
     @test namesanddim(sin.(v)) == namesanddim(v)
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ include("show.jl")
 
 include("speed.jl")
 
-if VERSION ≥ v"0.5.0-dev"
+if VERSION ≥ v"0.5"
     # julia issue #17328
     a = NamedArray([1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0])
     @test sumabs(a, 1)[1] == 10