Fix the signature on vec::view.

Due to limitations in region inference, this has the effect of making vec::view pretty much entirely unusable.

src/libcore/vec.rs

@@ -258,13 +258,13 @@ pure fn slice<T: copy>(v: &[const T], start: uint, end: uint) -> ~[T] {
     assert (end <= len(v));
     let mut result = ~[];
     unchecked {
-        push_all(result, view(v, start, end));
+        for uint::range(start, end) |i| { vec::push(result, v[i]) }
     }
     ret result;
 }
 
 #[doc = "Return a slice that points into another slice."]
-pure fn view<T>(v: &[const T], start: uint, end: uint) -> &a.[T] {
+pure fn view<T>(v: &a.[T], start: uint, end: uint) -> &a.[T] {
     assert (start <= end);
     assert (end <= len(v));
     do unpack_slice(v) |p, _len| {

src/libstd/ebml.rs

@@ -122,8 +122,9 @@ fn tagged_docs(d: doc, tg: uint, it: fn(doc)) {
 
 fn doc_data(d: doc) -> ~[u8] { vec::slice::<u8>(*d.data, d.start, d.end) }
 
-fn with_doc_data<T>(d: doc, f: fn(x:&[u8]) -> T) -> T {
-    ret f(vec::view::<u8>(*d.data, d.start, d.end));
+fn with_doc_data<T>(d: doc, f: fn(x: &[u8]) -> T) -> T {
+    // FIXME (#2880): use vec::view once the region inferencer can handle it.
+    ret f(vec::slice::<u8>(*d.data, d.start, d.end));
 }
 
 fn doc_as_str(d: doc) -> str { ret str::from_bytes(doc_data(d)); }

src/rustc/back/rpath.rs

@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ fn get_relative_to(abs1: path::path, abs2: path::path) -> path::path {
     let mut path = ~[];
     for uint::range(start_idx, len1 - 1u) |_i| { vec::push(path, ".."); };
 
-    vec::push_all(path, vec::view(split2, start_idx, len2 - 1u));
+    // FIXME (#2880): use view here.
+    vec::push_all(path, vec::slice(split2, start_idx, len2 - 1u));
 
     if check vec::is_not_empty(path) {
         ret path::connect_many(path);

src/rustc/metadata/decoder.rs

@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ fn lookup_hash(d: ebml::doc, eq_fn: fn@(x:&[u8]) -> bool, hash: uint) ->
     let belt = tag_index_buckets_bucket_elt;
     do ebml::tagged_docs(bucket, belt) |elt| {
         let pos = io::u64_from_be_bytes(*elt.data, elt.start, 4u) as uint;
-        if eq_fn(vec::view::<u8>(*elt.data, elt.start + 4u, elt.end)) {
+        // FIXME (#2880): use view here.
+        if eq_fn(vec::slice::<u8>(*elt.data, elt.start + 4u, elt.end)) {
             vec::push(result, ebml::doc_at(d.data, pos).doc);
         }
     };

src/rustc/middle/trans/alt.rs

@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ fn expand_nested_bindings(m: match, col: uint, val: ValueRef) -> match {
             let pats = vec::append(
                 vec::slice(br.pats, 0u, col),
                 vec::append(~[inner],
-                            vec::view(br.pats, col + 1u, br.pats.len())));
+                            // FIXME (#2880): use view here.
+                            vec::slice(br.pats, col + 1u, br.pats.len())));
             vec::push(result,
                       @{pats: pats,
                         bound: vec::append(
@@ -137,8 +138,10 @@ fn enter_match(dm: def_map, m: match, col: uint, val: ValueRef,
         alt e(br.pats[col]) {
           some(sub) {
             let pats = vec::append(
-                vec::append(sub, vec::view(br.pats, 0u, col)),
-                vec::view(br.pats, col + 1u, br.pats.len()));
+                // FIXME (#2880): use view here.
+                vec::append(sub, vec::slice(br.pats, 0u, col)),
+                // FIXME (#2880): use view here.
+                vec::slice(br.pats, col + 1u, br.pats.len()));
             let self = br.pats[col];
             let bound = alt self.node {
               ast::pat_ident(name, none) if !pat_is_variant(dm, self) {
@@ -427,7 +430,8 @@ fn compile_submatch(bcx: block, m: match, vals: ~[ValueRef],
             } else { m };
 
     let vals_left = vec::append(vec::slice(vals, 0u, col),
-                                vec::view(vals, col + 1u, vals.len()));
+                                // FIXME (#2880): use view here.
+                                vec::slice(vals, col + 1u, vals.len()));
     let ccx = bcx.fcx.ccx;
     let mut pat_id = 0;
     for vec::each(m) |br| {

src/rustc/middle/trans/common.rs

@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ fn revoke_clean(cx: block, val: ValueRef) {
         })) |i| {
             info.cleanups =
                 vec::append(vec::slice(info.cleanups, 0u, i),
-                            vec::view(info.cleanups,
+                            // FIXME (#2880): use view here.
+                            vec::slice(info.cleanups,
                                       i + 1u,
                                       info.cleanups.len()));
             scope_clean_changed(info);