Remove SymbolStr.

By changing `as_str()` to take `&self` instead of `self`, we can just
return `&str`. We're still lying about lifetimes, but it's a smaller lie
than before, where `SymbolStr` contained a (fake) `&'static str`!

clippy_lints/src/attrs.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use rustc_semver::RustcVersion;
 use rustc_session::{declare_lint_pass, declare_tool_lint, impl_lint_pass};
 use rustc_span::source_map::Span;
 use rustc_span::sym;
-use rustc_span::symbol::{Symbol, SymbolStr};
+use rustc_span::symbol::Symbol;
 use semver::Version;
 
 static UNIX_SYSTEMS: &[&str] = &[
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for Attributes {
                                             || is_word(lint, sym::deprecated)
                                             || is_word(lint, sym!(unreachable_pub))
                                             || is_word(lint, sym!(unused))
-                                            || extract_clippy_lint(lint).map_or(false, |s| s == "wildcard_imports")
+                                            || extract_clippy_lint(lint).map_or(false, |s| s.as_str() == "wildcard_imports")
-                                            || extract_clippy_lint(lint).map_or(false, |s| s == "enum_glob_use")
+                                            || extract_clippy_lint(lint).map_or(false, |s| s.as_str() == "enum_glob_use")
                                         {
                                             return;
                                         }
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for Attributes {
 }
 
 /// Returns the lint name if it is clippy lint.
-fn extract_clippy_lint(lint: &NestedMetaItem) -> Option<SymbolStr> {
+fn extract_clippy_lint(lint: &NestedMetaItem) -> Option<Symbol> {
     if_chain! {
         if let Some(meta_item) = lint.meta_item();
         if meta_item.path.segments.len() > 1;
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ fn extract_clippy_lint(lint: &NestedMetaItem) -> Option<SymbolStr> {
         if tool_name.name == sym::clippy;
         then {
             let lint_name = meta_item.path.segments.last().unwrap().ident.name;
-            return Some(lint_name.as_str());
+            return Some(lint_name);
         }
     }
     None
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ fn extract_clippy_lint(lint: &NestedMetaItem) -> Option<SymbolStr> {
 fn check_clippy_lint_names(cx: &LateContext<'_>, name: Symbol, items: &[NestedMetaItem]) {
     for lint in items {
         if let Some(lint_name) = extract_clippy_lint(lint) {
-            if lint_name == "restriction" && name != sym::allow {
+            if lint_name.as_str() == "restriction" && name != sym::allow {
                 span_lint_and_help(
                     cx,
                     BLANKET_CLIPPY_RESTRICTION_LINTS,

clippy_lints/src/match_str_case_mismatch.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use rustc_middle::hir::map::Map;
 use rustc_middle::lint::in_external_macro;
 use rustc_middle::ty;
 use rustc_session::{declare_lint_pass, declare_tool_lint};
-use rustc_span::symbol::SymbolStr;
+use rustc_span::symbol::Symbol;
 use rustc_span::{sym, Span};
 
 declare_clippy_lint! {
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ impl LateLintPass<'_> for MatchStrCaseMismatch {
                 visitor.visit_expr(match_expr);
 
                 if let Some(case_method) = visitor.case_method {
-                    if let Some((bad_case_span, bad_case_str)) = verify_case(&case_method, arms) {
+                    if let Some((bad_case_span, bad_case_sym)) = verify_case(&case_method, arms) {
-                        lint(cx, &case_method, bad_case_span, &bad_case_str);
+                        lint(cx, &case_method, bad_case_span, bad_case_sym.as_str());
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ fn get_case_method(segment_ident_str: &str) -> Option<CaseMethod> {
     }
 }
 
-fn verify_case<'a>(case_method: &'a CaseMethod, arms: &'a [Arm<'_>]) -> Option<(Span, SymbolStr)> {
+fn verify_case<'a>(case_method: &'a CaseMethod, arms: &'a [Arm<'_>]) -> Option<(Span, Symbol)> {
     let case_check = match case_method {
         CaseMethod::LowerCase => |input: &str| -> bool { input.chars().all(|c| c.to_lowercase().next() == Some(c)) },
         CaseMethod::AsciiLowerCase => |input: &str| -> bool { !input.chars().any(|c| c.is_ascii_uppercase()) },
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ fn verify_case<'a>(case_method: &'a CaseMethod, arms: &'a [Arm<'_>]) -> Option<(
             let input = symbol.as_str();
             if !case_check(&input);
             then {
-                return Some((lit.span, input));
+                return Some((lit.span, symbol));
             }
         }
     }

clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ use rustc_middle::lint::in_external_macro;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, TraitRef, Ty, TyS};
 use rustc_semver::RustcVersion;
 use rustc_session::{declare_tool_lint, impl_lint_pass};
-use rustc_span::symbol::SymbolStr;
+use rustc_span::symbol::Symbol;
 use rustc_span::{sym, Span};
 use rustc_typeck::hir_ty_to_ty;
 
@@ -1968,21 +1968,21 @@ impl_lint_pass!(Methods => [
 ]);
 
 /// Extracts a method call name, args, and `Span` of the method name.
-fn method_call<'tcx>(recv: &'tcx hir::Expr<'tcx>) -> Option<(SymbolStr, &'tcx [hir::Expr<'tcx>], Span)> {
+fn method_call<'tcx>(recv: &'tcx hir::Expr<'tcx>) -> Option<(Symbol, &'tcx [hir::Expr<'tcx>], Span)> {
     if let ExprKind::MethodCall(path, span, args, _) = recv.kind {
         if !args.iter().any(|e| e.span.from_expansion()) {
-            return Some((path.ident.name.as_str(), args, span));
+            return Some((path.ident.name, args, span));
         }
     }
     None
 }
 
-/// Same as `method_call` but the `SymbolStr` is dereferenced into a temporary `&str`
+/// Same as `method_call` but the `Symbol` is dereferenced into a temporary `&str`
 macro_rules! method_call {
     ($expr:expr) => {
         method_call($expr)
             .as_ref()
-            .map(|&(ref name, args, span)| (&**name, args, span))
+            .map(|&(ref name, args, span)| (name.as_str(), args, span))
     };
 }
 

clippy_lints/src/misc.rs

@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for MiscLints {
             // Don't lint things expanded by #[derive(...)], etc or `await` desugaring
             return;
         }
+        let sym;
         let binding = match expr.kind {
             ExprKind::Path(ref qpath) if !matches!(qpath, hir::QPath::LangItem(..)) => {
                 let binding = last_path_segment(qpath).ident.as_str();
@@ -423,7 +424,8 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for MiscLints {
                 }
             },
             ExprKind::Field(_, ident) => {
-                let name = ident.as_str();
+                sym = ident.name;
+                let name = sym.as_str();
                 if name.starts_with('_') && !name.starts_with("__") {
                     Some(name)
                 } else {

clippy_lints/src/multiple_crate_versions.rs

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl LateLintPass<'_> for MultipleCrateVersions {
         }
 
         let metadata = unwrap_cargo_metadata!(cx, MULTIPLE_CRATE_VERSIONS, true);
-        let local_name = cx.tcx.crate_name(LOCAL_CRATE).as_str();
+        let local_name = cx.tcx.crate_name(LOCAL_CRATE);
         let mut packages = metadata.packages;
         packages.sort_by(|a, b| a.name.cmp(&b.name));
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ impl LateLintPass<'_> for MultipleCrateVersions {
             if let Some(resolve) = &metadata.resolve;
             if let Some(local_id) = packages
                 .iter()
-                .find_map(|p| if p.name == *local_name { Some(&p.id) } else { None });
+                .find_map(|p| if p.name == local_name.as_str() { Some(&p.id) } else { None });
             then {
                 for (name, group) in &packages.iter().group_by(|p| p.name.clone()) {
                     let group: Vec<&Package> = group.collect();

clippy_utils/src/consts.rs

@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> ConstEvalLateContext<'a, 'tcx> {
                     if let ExprKind::Path(qpath) = &callee.kind;
                     let res = self.typeck_results.qpath_res(qpath, callee.hir_id);
                     if let Some(def_id) = res.opt_def_id();
-                    let def_path: Vec<_> = self.lcx.get_def_path(def_id).into_iter().map(Symbol::as_str).collect();
+                    let def_path = self.lcx.get_def_path(def_id);
-                    let def_path: Vec<&str> = def_path.iter().take(4).map(|s| &**s).collect();
+                    let def_path: Vec<&str> = def_path.iter().take(4).map(|s| s.as_str()).collect();
                     if let ["core", "num", int_impl, "max_value"] = *def_path;
                     then {
                        let value = match int_impl {