Use slicing syntax instead of methods and add a feature gate

src/compiletest/compiletest.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #![crate_type = "bin"]
-#![feature(phase)]
+#![feature(phase, slicing_syntax)]
 
 #![deny(warnings)]
 

src/compiletest/runtest.rs

@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ fn check_error_patterns(props: &TestProps,
     if done { return; }
 
     let missing_patterns =
-        props.error_patterns.slice(next_err_idx, props.error_patterns.len());
+        props.error_patterns[next_err_idx..];
     if missing_patterns.len() == 1u {
         fatal_proc_rec(format!("error pattern '{}' not found!",
                               missing_patterns[0]).as_slice(),

src/doc/reference.md

@@ -3828,7 +3828,7 @@ type signature of `print`, and the cast expression in `main`.
 Within the body of an item that has type parameter declarations, the names of
 its type parameters are types:
 
-```
+```ignore
 fn map<A: Clone, B: Clone>(f: |A| -> B, xs: &[A]) -> Vec<B> {
     if xs.len() == 0 {
        return vec![];

src/libcollections/bitv.rs

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ impl Bitv {
         if start > self.storage.len() {
             start = self.storage.len();
         }
-        let mut iter = self.storage.slice_from(start).iter();
+        let mut iter = self.storage[start..].iter();
         MaskWords {
           next_word: iter.next(),
           iter: iter,

src/libcollections/lib.rs

@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
        html_root_url = "http://doc.rust-lang.org/master/",
        html_playground_url = "http://play.rust-lang.org/")]
 
+#![allow(unknown_features)]
 #![feature(macro_rules, managed_boxes, default_type_params, phase, globs)]
-#![feature(unsafe_destructor, import_shadowing)]
+#![feature(unsafe_destructor, import_shadowing, slicing_syntax)]
 #![no_std]
 
 #[phase(plugin, link)] extern crate core;

src/libcollections/ringbuf.rs

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ impl<T> RingBuf<T> {
     ///     *num = *num - 2;
     /// }
     /// let b: &[_] = &[&mut 3, &mut 1, &mut 2];
-    /// assert_eq!(buf.iter_mut().collect::<Vec<&mut int>>().as_slice(), b);
+    /// assert_eq!(buf.iter_mut().collect::<Vec<&mut int>>()[], b);
     /// ```
     pub fn iter_mut<'a>(&'a mut self) -> MutItems<'a, T> {
         let start_index = raw_index(self.lo, self.elts.len(), 0);
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ impl<T> RingBuf<T> {
         } else {
             // Items to iterate goes from start_index to end_index:
             let (empty, elts) = self.elts.split_at_mut(0);
-            let remaining1 = elts.slice_mut(start_index, end_index);
+            let remaining1 = elts[mut start_index..end_index];
             MutItems { remaining1: remaining1,
                                  remaining2: empty,
                                  nelts: self.nelts }

src/libcollections/slice.rs

@@ -44,15 +44,20 @@
 //!
 //! A number of traits add methods that allow you to accomplish tasks with slices.
 //! These traits include `ImmutableSlice`, which is defined for `&[T]` types,
-//! and `MutableSlice`, defined for `&mut [T]` types.
+//! `MutableSlice`, defined for `&mut [T]` types, and `Slice` and `SliceMut`
+//! which are defined for `[T]`.
 //!
-//! An example is the method `.slice(a, b)` that returns an immutable "view" into
-//! a `Vec` or another slice from the index interval `[a, b)`:
+//! An example is the `slice` method which enables slicing syntax `[a..b]` that
+//! returns an immutable "view" into a `Vec` or another slice from the index
+//! interval `[a, b)`:
 //!
 //! ```rust
-//! let numbers = [0i, 1i, 2i];
-//! let last_numbers = numbers.slice(1, 3);
-//! // last_numbers is now &[1i, 2i]
+//! #![feature(slicing_syntax)]
+//! fn main() {
+//!     let numbers = [0i, 1i, 2i];
+//!     let last_numbers = numbers[1..3];
+//!     // last_numbers is now &[1i, 2i]
+//! }
 //! ```
 //!
 //! ## Implementations of other traits
@@ -610,7 +615,7 @@ impl<'a,T> MutableSliceAllocating<'a, T> for &'a mut [T] {
 
     #[inline]
     fn move_from(self, mut src: Vec<T>, start: uint, end: uint) -> uint {
-        for (a, b) in self.iter_mut().zip(src.slice_mut(start, end).iter_mut()) {
+        for (a, b) in self.iter_mut().zip(src[mut start..end].iter_mut()) {
             mem::swap(a, b);
         }
         cmp::min(self.len(), end-start)
@@ -702,7 +707,7 @@ impl<'a, T: Ord> MutableOrdSlice<T> for &'a mut [T] {
         self.swap(j, i-1);
 
         // Step 4: Reverse the (previously) weakly decreasing part
-        self.slice_from_mut(i).reverse();
+        self[mut i..].reverse();
 
         true
     }
@@ -723,7 +728,7 @@ impl<'a, T: Ord> MutableOrdSlice<T> for &'a mut [T] {
         }
 
         // Step 2: Reverse the weakly increasing part
-        self.slice_from_mut(i).reverse();
+        self[mut i..].reverse();
 
         // Step 3: Find the rightmost element equal to or bigger than the pivot (i-1)
         let mut j = self.len() - 1;
@@ -990,24 +995,24 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_slice() {
         // Test fixed length vector.
         let vec_fixed = [1i, 2, 3, 4];
-        let v_a = vec_fixed.slice(1u, vec_fixed.len()).to_vec();
+        let v_a = vec_fixed[1u..vec_fixed.len()].to_vec();
         assert_eq!(v_a.len(), 3u);
         let v_a = v_a.as_slice();
         assert_eq!(v_a[0], 2);
         assert_eq!(v_a[1], 3);
         assert_eq!(v_a[2], 4);
 
         // Test on stack.
-        let vec_stack = &[1i, 2, 3];
-        let v_b = vec_stack.slice(1u, 3u).to_vec();
+        let vec_stack: &[_] = &[1i, 2, 3];
+        let v_b = vec_stack[1u..3u].to_vec();
         assert_eq!(v_b.len(), 2u);
         let v_b = v_b.as_slice();
         assert_eq!(v_b[0], 2);
         assert_eq!(v_b[1], 3);
 
         // Test `Box<[T]>`
         let vec_unique = vec![1i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
-        let v_d = vec_unique.slice(1u, 6u).to_vec();
+        let v_d = vec_unique[1u..6u].to_vec();
         assert_eq!(v_d.len(), 5u);
         let v_d = v_d.as_slice();
         assert_eq!(v_d[0], 2);
@@ -1020,21 +1025,21 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_slice_from() {
         let vec: &[int] = &[1, 2, 3, 4];
-        assert_eq!(vec.slice_from(0), vec);
+        assert_eq!(vec[0..], vec);
         let b: &[int] = &[3, 4];
-        assert_eq!(vec.slice_from(2), b);
+        assert_eq!(vec[2..], b);
         let b: &[int] = &[];
-        assert_eq!(vec.slice_from(4), b);
+        assert_eq!(vec[4..], b);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_slice_to() {
         let vec: &[int] = &[1, 2, 3, 4];
-        assert_eq!(vec.slice_to(4), vec);
+        assert_eq!(vec[..4], vec);
         let b: &[int] = &[1, 2];
-        assert_eq!(vec.slice_to(2), b);
+        assert_eq!(vec[..2], b);
         let b: &[int] = &[];
-        assert_eq!(vec.slice_to(0), b);
+        assert_eq!(vec[..0], b);
     }
 
 
@@ -1975,7 +1980,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(a == [7i,2,3,4]);
         let mut a = [1i,2,3,4,5];
         let b = vec![5i,6,7,8,9,0];
-        assert_eq!(a.slice_mut(2,4).move_from(b,1,6), 2);
+        assert_eq!(a[mut 2..4].move_from(b,1,6), 2);
         assert!(a == [1i,2,6,7,5]);
     }
 
@@ -1995,7 +2000,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_reverse_part() {
         let mut values = [1i,2,3,4,5];
-        values.slice_mut(1, 4).reverse();
+        values[mut 1..4].reverse();
         assert!(values == [1,4,3,2,5]);
     }
 
@@ -2042,9 +2047,9 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_bytes_set_memory() {
         use slice::bytes::MutableByteVector;
         let mut values = [1u8,2,3,4,5];
-        values.slice_mut(0,5).set_memory(0xAB);
+        values[mut 0..5].set_memory(0xAB);
         assert!(values == [0xAB, 0xAB, 0xAB, 0xAB, 0xAB]);
-        values.slice_mut(2,4).set_memory(0xFF);
+        values[mut 2..4].set_memory(0xFF);
         assert!(values == [0xAB, 0xAB, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xAB]);
     }
 
@@ -2070,12 +2075,18 @@ mod tests {
         let mut values = [1u8,2,3,4,5];
         {
             let (left, right) = values.split_at_mut(2);
-            assert!(left.slice(0, left.len()) == [1, 2]);
+            {
+                let left: &[_] = left;
+                assert!(left[0..left.len()] == [1, 2]);
+            }
             for p in left.iter_mut() {
                 *p += 1;
             }
 
-            assert!(right.slice(0, right.len()) == [3, 4, 5]);
+            {
+                let right: &[_] = right;
+                assert!(right[0..right.len()] == [3, 4, 5]);
+            }
             for p in right.iter_mut() {
                 *p += 2;
             }
@@ -2099,7 +2110,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
         assert_eq!(cnt, 3);
 
-        for f in v.slice(1, 3).iter() {
+        for f in v[1..3].iter() {
             assert!(*f == Foo);
             cnt += 1;
         }

src/libcollections/str.rs

@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut bytes = [0u8, ..4];
         for c in range(0u32, 0x110000).filter_map(|c| ::core::char::from_u32(c)) {
             let len = c.encode_utf8(bytes).unwrap_or(0);
-            let s = ::core::str::from_utf8(bytes.slice_to(len)).unwrap();
+            let s = ::core::str::from_utf8(bytes[..len]).unwrap();
             if Some(c) != s.chars().next() {
                 fail!("character {:x}={} does not decode correctly", c as u32, c);
             }
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut bytes = [0u8, ..4];
         for c in range(0u32, 0x110000).filter_map(|c| ::core::char::from_u32(c)) {
             let len = c.encode_utf8(bytes).unwrap_or(0);
-            let s = ::core::str::from_utf8(bytes.slice_to(len)).unwrap();
+            let s = ::core::str::from_utf8(bytes[..len]).unwrap();
             if Some(c) != s.chars().rev().next() {
                 fail!("character {:x}={} does not decode correctly", c as u32, c);
             }

src/libcollections/string.rs

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ impl String {
 
         if i > 0 {
             unsafe {
-                res.as_mut_vec().push_all(v.slice_to(i))
+                res.as_mut_vec().push_all(v[..i])
             };
         }
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ impl String {
             macro_rules! error(() => ({
                 unsafe {
                     if subseqidx != i_ {
-                        res.as_mut_vec().push_all(v.slice(subseqidx, i_));
+                        res.as_mut_vec().push_all(v[subseqidx..i_]);
                     }
                     subseqidx = i;
                     res.as_mut_vec().push_all(REPLACEMENT);
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ impl String {
         }
         if subseqidx < total {
             unsafe {
-                res.as_mut_vec().push_all(v.slice(subseqidx, total))
+                res.as_mut_vec().push_all(v[subseqidx..total])
             };
         }
         Owned(res.into_string())
@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ impl<S: Str> Add<S, String> for String {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(stage0)]
 impl ops::Slice<uint, str> for String {
     #[inline]
     fn as_slice_<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str {
@@ -949,6 +950,34 @@ impl ops::Slice<uint, str> for String {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(stage0))]
+#[inline]
+fn str_to_slice<'a, U: Str>(this: &'a U) -> &'a str {
+    this.as_slice()
+}
+#[cfg(not(stage0))]
+impl ops::Slice<uint, str> for String {
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_slice<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str {
+        str_to_slice(self)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn slice_from<'a>(&'a self, from: &uint) -> &'a str {
+        self[][*from..]
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn slice_to<'a>(&'a self, to: &uint) -> &'a str {
+        self[][..*to]
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn slice<'a>(&'a self, from: &uint, to: &uint) -> &'a str {
+        self[][*from..*to]
+    }
+}
+
 /// Unsafe operations
 #[unstable = "waiting on raw module conventions"]
 pub mod raw {

src/libcollections/trie.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use core::fmt;
 use core::fmt::Show;
 use core::mem::zeroed;
 use core::mem;
+use core::ops::{Slice,SliceMut};
 use core::uint;
 use core::iter;
 use std::hash::{Writer, Hash};
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ macro_rules! bound {
                         }
                     };
                     // push to the stack.
-                    it.stack[it.length] = children.$slice_from(slice_idx).$iter();
+                    it.stack[it.length] = children.$slice_from(&slice_idx).$iter();
                     it.length += 1;
                     if ret { return it }
                 })
@@ -388,6 +389,15 @@ macro_rules! bound {
 
 impl<T> TrieMap<T> {
     // If `upper` is true then returns upper_bound else returns lower_bound.
+    #[cfg(stage0)]
+    #[inline]
+    fn bound<'a>(&'a self, key: uint, upper: bool) -> Entries<'a, T> {
+        bound!(Entries, self = self,
+               key = key, is_upper = upper,
+               slice_from = slice_from_, iter = iter,
+               mutability = )
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(stage0))]
     #[inline]
     fn bound<'a>(&'a self, key: uint, upper: bool) -> Entries<'a, T> {
         bound!(Entries, self = self,
@@ -430,6 +440,15 @@ impl<T> TrieMap<T> {
         self.bound(key, true)
     }
     // If `upper` is true then returns upper_bound else returns lower_bound.
+    #[cfg(stage0)]
+    #[inline]
+    fn bound_mut<'a>(&'a mut self, key: uint, upper: bool) -> MutEntries<'a, T> {
+        bound!(MutEntries, self = self,
+               key = key, is_upper = upper,
+               slice_from = slice_from_mut_, iter = iter_mut,
+               mutability = mut)
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(stage0))]
     #[inline]
     fn bound_mut<'a>(&'a mut self, key: uint, upper: bool) -> MutEntries<'a, T> {
         bound!(MutEntries, self = self,