This isn't ready to merge yet.
The 'containers and iterators' guide is basically just a collection of stuff that should be in the module definitions. So I'm moving the guide to just an 'iterators' guide, and moved the info that was there into the right places.
So, is this a good path forward, and is all of the information still correct?
Based on an observation that strings and arguments are always interleaved, thanks to #15832. Additionally optimize invocations where formatting parameters are unspecified for all arguments, e.g. `"{} {:?} {:x}"`, by emptying the `__STATIC_FMTARGS` array. Next, `Arguments::new` replaces an empty slice with `None` so that passing empty `__STATIC_FMTARGS` generates slightly less machine code when `Arguments::new` is inlined. Furthermore, formatting itself treats these cases separately without making redundant copies of formatting parameters.
All in all, this adds a single mov instruction per `write!` in most cases. That's why code size has increased.
Format specs are ignored and not stored in case they're all default.
Restore default formatting parameters during iteration.
Pass `None` instead of empty slices of format specs to take advantage
of non-nullable pointer optimization.
Generate a call to one of two functions of `fmt::Argument`.
Use '^' to specify center alignment in format strings.
fmt!( "[{:^5s}]", "Hi" ) -> "[ Hi ]"
fmt!( "[{:^5s}]", "H" ) -> "[ H ]"
fmt!( "[{:^5d}]", 1i ) -> "[ 1 ]"
fmt!( "[{:^5d}]", -1i ) -> "[ -1 ]"
fmt!( "[{:^6d}]", 1i ) -> "[ 1 ]"
fmt!( "[{:^6d}]", -1i ) -> "[ -1 ]"
If the padding is odd then the padding on the right will be one
character longer than the padding on the left.
Tuples squashed
As outlined in
https://aturon.github.io/style/naming/conversions.html
`to_` functions names should only be used for expensive operations.
Thus `to_option` is better named `as_option`. Also, putting type
names into method names is considered bad style; what the user is
really trying to get is a reference. This `as_ref` is even better.
Also, we are missing a mutable version of this method.
Finally, there is a bug in the signature of `to_option` which has
been around since lifetime elision: originally the returned reference
had 'static lifetime, but since the elision changes this become
the lifetime of the raw pointer (which does not make sense, since
the pointer lifetime and referent lifetime are unrelated). We fix
the bug to return a reference with a fresh lifetime which will be
inferred from the calling context.
[breaking-change]
As outlined in
https://aturon.github.io/style/naming/conversions.html
`to_` functions names should only be used for expensive operations.
Thus `to_option` is better named `as_option`. Also, putting type
names into method names is considered bad style; what the user is
really trying to get is a reference. This `as_ref` is even better.
Also, we are missing a mutable version of this method. So add a
new trait `RawMutPtr` with a corresponding `as_mut` methode.
Finally, there is a bug in the signature of `to_option` which has
been around since lifetime elision: originally the returned reference
had 'static lifetime, but since the elision changes this become
the lifetime of the raw pointer (which does not make sense, since
the pointer lifetime and referent lifetime are unrelated). Fix
the bug to return a reference with a fresh lifetime (which will
be inferred from the calling context).
[breaking-change]
This adds support for lint groups to the compiler. Lint groups are a way of
grouping a number of lints together under one name. For example, this also
defines a default lint for naming conventions, named `bad_style`. Writing
`#[allow(bad_style)]` is equivalent to writing
`#[allow(non_camel_case_types, non_snake_case, non_uppercase_statics)]`. These
lint groups can also be defined as a compiler plugin using the new
`Registry::register_lint_group` method.
This also adds two built-in lint groups, `bad_style` and `unused`. The contents
of these groups can be seen by running `rustc -W help`.
This unifies the `non_snake_case_functions` and `uppercase_variables` lints
into one lint, `non_snake_case`. It also now checks for non-snake-case modules.
This also extends the non-camel-case types lint to check type parameters, and
merges the `non_uppercase_pattern_statics` lint into the
`non_uppercase_statics` lint.
Because the `uppercase_variables` lint is now part of the `non_snake_case`
lint, all non-snake-case variables that start with lowercase characters (such
as `fooBar`) will now trigger the `non_snake_case` lint.
New code should be updated to use the new `non_snake_case` lint instead of the
previous `non_snake_case_functions` and `uppercase_variables` lints. All use of
the `non_uppercase_pattern_statics` should be replaced with the
`non_uppercase_statics` lint. Any code that previously contained non-snake-case
module or variable names should be updated to use snake case names or disable
the `non_snake_case` lint. Any code with non-camel-case type parameters should
be changed to use camel case or disable the `non_camel_case_types` lint.
[breaking-change]
