Alex Crichton f94d671bfa core: Remove the cast module
This commit revisits the `cast` module in libcore and libstd, and scrutinizes
all functions inside of it. The result was to remove the `cast` module entirely,
folding all functionality into the `mem` module. Specifically, this is the fate
of each function in the `cast` module.

* transmute - This function was moved to `mem`, but it is now marked as
              #[unstable]. This is due to planned changes to the `transmute`
              function and how it can be invoked (see the #[unstable] comment).
              For more information, see RFC 5 and #12898

* transmute_copy - This function was moved to `mem`, with clarification that is
                   is not an error to invoke it with T/U that are different
                   sizes, but rather that it is strongly discouraged. This
                   function is now #[stable]

* forget - This function was moved to `mem` and marked #[stable]

* bump_box_refcount - This function was removed due to the deprecation of
                      managed boxes as well as its questionable utility.

* transmute_mut - This function was previously deprecated, and removed as part
                  of this commit.

* transmute_mut_unsafe - This function doesn't serve much of a purpose when it
                         can be achieved with an `as` in safe code, so it was
                         removed.

* transmute_lifetime - This function was removed because it is likely a strong
                       indication that code is incorrect in the first place.

* transmute_mut_lifetime - This function was removed for the same reasons as
                           `transmute_lifetime`

* copy_lifetime - This function was moved to `mem`, but it is marked
                  `#[unstable]` now due to the likelihood of being removed in
                  the future if it is found to not be very useful.

* copy_mut_lifetime - This function was also moved to `mem`, but had the same
                      treatment as `copy_lifetime`.

* copy_lifetime_vec - This function was removed because it is not used today,
                      and its existence is not necessary with DST
                      (copy_lifetime will suffice).

In summary, the cast module was stripped down to these functions, and then the
functions were moved to the `mem` module.

    transmute - #[unstable]
    transmute_copy - #[stable]
    forget - #[stable]
    copy_lifetime - #[unstable]
    copy_mut_lifetime - #[unstable]

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This is a preliminary version of the Rust compiler, libraries and tools.

Source layout:

Path Description
librustc/ The self-hosted compiler
libstd/ The standard library (imported and linked by default)
libextra/ The "extras" library (slightly more peripheral code)
libgreen/ The M:N runtime library
libnative/ The 1:1 runtime library
libsyntax/ The Rust parser and pretty-printer
libcollections/ A collection of useful data structures and containers
libnum/ Extended number support library (complex, rational, etc)
libtest/ Rust's test-runner code
------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
libarena/ The arena (a fast but limited) memory allocator
libflate/ Simple compression library
libfourcc/ Data format identifier library
libgetopts/ Get command-line-options library
libglob/ Unix glob patterns library
libregex/ Regular expressions
libsemver/ Rust's semantic versioning library
libserialize/ Encode-Decode types library
libsync/ Concurrency mechanisms and primitives
libterm/ ANSI color library for terminals
libtime/ Time operations library
libuuid/ UUID's handling code
------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
rt/ The runtime system
rt/rust_*.c - Some of the runtime services
rt/vg - Valgrind headers
rt/msvc - MSVC support
rt/sundown - The Markdown library used by rustdoc
------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
compiletest/ The test runner
test/ Testsuite
test/codegen - Tests for the LLVM IR infrastructure
test/compile-fail - Tests that should fail to compile
test/debug-info - Tests for the debuginfo tool
test/run-fail - Tests that should compile, run and fail
test/run-make - Tests that depend on a Makefile infrastructure
test/run-pass - Tests that should compile, run and succeed
test/bench - Benchmarks and miscellaneous
test/pretty - Pretty-printer tests
test/auxiliary - Dependencies of tests
------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
librustdoc/ The Rust API documentation tool
libuv/ The libuv submodule
librustuv/ Rust libuv support code
------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
llvm/ The LLVM submodule
rustllvm/ LLVM support code
------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
etc/ Scripts, editors support, misc

NOTE: This list (especially the second part of the table which contains modules and libraries) is highly volatile and subject to change.