[let_chains, 2/6] Introduce `Let(..)` in AST, remove IfLet + WhileLet and parse let chains
Here we remove `ast::ExprKind::{IfLet, WhileLet}` and introduce `ast::ExprKind::Let`.
Moreover, we also:
+ connect the parsing logic for let chains
+ introduce the feature gate
+ rewire HIR lowering a bit.
However, this does not connect the new syntax to semantics in HIR.
That will be the subject of a subsequent PR.
Per https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53667#issuecomment-471583239.
Next step after https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/59288.
cc @Manishearth re. Clippy.
r? @oli-obk
Fix meta-variable binding errors in macros
The errors are either:
- The meta-variable used in the right-hand side is not bound (or defined) in the
left-hand side.
- The meta-variable used in the right-hand side does not repeat with the same
kleene operator as its binder in the left-hand side. Either it does not repeat
enough, or it uses a different operator somewhere.
This change should have no semantic impact.
Found by https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/62008
The errors are either:
- The meta-variable used in the right-hand side is not bound (or defined) in the
left-hand side.
- The meta-variable used in the right-hand side does not repeat with the same
kleene operator as its binder in the left-hand side. Either it does not repeat
enough, or it uses a different operator somewhere.
This change should have no semantic impact.
Support `cfg` and `cfg_attr` on generic parameters
`cfg` attributes are supported in all other positions where attributes are accepted at all.
They were previously prohibited in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/51283 because they weren't implemented correctly before that and were simply ignored.
Remove some unnecessary symbol interner ops
* Don't gensym symbols that don't need to worry about colliding with other symbols
* Use symbol constants instead of interning string literals in a few places.
* Don't generate a module in `__register_diagnostic`
r? @petrochenkov
Allow attributes in formal function parameters
Implements https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/60406.
This is my first contribution to the compiler and since this is a large and complex project, I am not fully aware of the consequences of the changes I have made.
**TODO**
- [x] Forbid some built-in attributes.
- [x] Expand cfg/cfg_attr
