rust/compiler/rustc_ast
bors eac6c33bc6 Auto merge of #100869 - nnethercote:replace-ThinVec, r=spastorino
Replace `rustc_data_structures::thin_vec::ThinVec` with `thin_vec::ThinVec`

`rustc_data_structures::thin_vec::ThinVec` looks like this:
```
pub struct ThinVec<T>(Option<Box<Vec<T>>>);
```
It's just a zero word if the vector is empty, but requires two
allocations if it is non-empty. So it's only usable in cases where the
vector is empty most of the time.

This commit removes it in favour of `thin_vec::ThinVec`, which is also
word-sized, but stores the length and capacity in the same allocation as
the elements. It's good in a wider variety of situation, e.g. in enum
variants where the vector is usually/always non-empty.

The commit also:
- Sorts some `Cargo.toml` dependency lists, to make additions easier.
- Sorts some `use` item lists, to make additions easier.
- Changes `clean_trait_ref_with_bindings` to take a
  `ThinVec<TypeBinding>` rather than a `&[TypeBinding]`, because this
  avoid some unnecessary allocations.

r? `@spastorino`
2022-09-01 08:01:06 +00:00
..
src Auto merge of #100869 - nnethercote:replace-ThinVec, r=spastorino 2022-09-01 08:01:06 +00:00
Cargo.toml Replace rustc_data_structures::thin_vec::ThinVec with thin_vec::ThinVec. 2022-08-29 15:42:13 +10:00
README.md docs(rustc_ast): update crate descriptions 2021-11-02 21:11:17 -05:00

The rustc_ast crate contains those things concerned purely with syntax that is, the AST ("abstract syntax tree"), along with some definitions for tokens and token streams, data structures/traits for mutating ASTs, and shared definitions for other AST-related parts of the compiler (like the lexer and macro-expansion).

For more information about how these things work in rustc, see the rustc dev guide: