Stricter checking of stability attributes + enforcement of their invariants at compile time
(+ removed dead file librustc_front/attr.rs)
I intended to enforce use of `reason` for unstable items as well (it normally presents for new items), but it turned out too intrusive, many older unstable items don't have `reason`s.
r? @aturon
I'm studying how stability works and do some refactoring along the way, so it's probably not the last PR.
This PR removes random remaining `Ident`s outside of libsyntax and performs general cleanup
In particular, interfaces of `Name` and `Ident` are tidied up, `Name`s and `Ident`s being small `Copy` aggregates are always passed to functions by value, and `Ident`s are never used as keys in maps, because `Ident` comparisons are tricky.
Although this PR closes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/6993 there's still work related to it:
- `Name` can be made `NonZero` to compress numerous `Option<Name>`s and `Option<Ident>`s but it requires const unsafe functions.
- Implementation of `PartialEq` on `Ident` should be eliminated and replaced with explicit hygienic, non-hygienic or member-wise comparisons.
- Finally, large parts of AST can potentially be converted to `Name`s in the same way as HIR to clearly separate identifiers used in hygienic and non-hygienic contexts.
r? @nrc
Make sure Name, SyntaxContext and Ident are passed by value
Make sure Idents don't serve as keys (or parts of keys) in maps, Ident comparison is not well defined
This is a [breaking-change] for syntax extension authors. The fix is to use MultiModifier or MultiDecorator, which have the same functionality but are more flexible. Users of syntax extensions are unaffected.
This is a [breaking-change] for syntax extension authors. The fix is to use MultiModifier or MultiDecorator, which have the same functionality but are more flexible. Users of syntax extensions are unaffected.
This is theoretically a breaking change, but GitHub search turns up no
uses of it, and most non-built-in cfg's are passed via cargo features,
which look like `feature = "..."`, and hence can't overlap.
