rust/compiler/rustc_middle
Nicholas Nethercote 7024dc523a Overhaul RegionKind and Region.
Specifically, change `Region` from this:
```
pub type Region<'tcx> = &'tcx RegionKind;
```
to this:
```
pub struct Region<'tcx>(&'tcx Interned<RegionKind>);
```

This now matches `Ty` and `Predicate` more closely.

Things to note
- Regions have always been interned, but we haven't been using pointer-based
  `Eq` and `Hash`. This is now happening.
- I chose to impl `Deref` for `Region` because it makes pattern matching a lot
  nicer, and `Region` can be viewed as just a smart wrapper for `RegionKind`.
- Various methods are moved from `RegionKind` to `Region`.
- There is a lot of tedious sigil changes.
- A couple of types like `HighlightBuilder`, `RegionHighlightMode` now have a
  `'tcx` lifetime because they hold a `Ty<'tcx>`, so they can call `mk_region`.
- A couple of test outputs change slightly, I'm not sure why, but the new
  outputs are a little better.
2022-02-15 16:08:52 +11:00
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benches mv compiler to compiler/ 2020-08-30 18:45:07 +03:00
src Overhaul RegionKind and Region. 2022-02-15 16:08:52 +11:00
Cargo.toml ⬆ chalk to 0.76.0 2022-01-19 13:44:43 -06:00
README.md mv compiler to compiler/ 2020-08-30 18:45:07 +03:00

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