Rename view to slice.

src/compiletest/runtest.rs

@@ -519,7 +519,8 @@ fn make_run_args(config: config, _props: TestProps, testfile: &Path) ->
         };
 
     let args = toolargs + ~[make_exe_name(config, testfile).to_str()];
-    return ProcArgs {prog: args[0], args: vec::slice(args, 1, args.len())};
+    return ProcArgs {prog: args[0],
+                     args: vec::slice(args, 1, args.len()).to_vec()};
 }
 
 fn split_maybe_args(argstr: Option<~str>) -> ~[~str] {

src/libcargo/cargo.rc

@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ pub fn cmd_list(c: &Cargo) {
     sync(c);
 
     if vec::len(c.opts.free) >= 3u {
-        let v = vec::view(c.opts.free, 2u, vec::len(c.opts.free));
+        let v = vec::slice(c.opts.free, 2u, vec::len(c.opts.free));
         for vec::each(v) |name| {
             if !valid_pkg_name(*name) {
                 error(fmt!("'%s' is an invalid source name", *name));

src/libcore/io.rs

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ impl<T: Reader> T : ReaderUtil {
             // over-read by reading 1-byte per char needed
             nbread = if ncreq > nbreq { ncreq } else { nbreq };
             if nbread > 0 {
-                bytes = vec::slice(bytes, offset, bytes.len());
+                bytes = vec::slice(bytes, offset, bytes.len()).to_vec();
             }
         }
         move chars
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ impl BytesReader: Reader {
     fn read(&self, bytes: &[mut u8], len: uint) -> uint {
         let count = uint::min(len, self.bytes.len() - self.pos);
 
-        let view = vec::view(self.bytes, self.pos, self.bytes.len());
+        let view = vec::slice(self.bytes, self.pos, self.bytes.len());
         vec::bytes::copy_memory(bytes, view, count);
 
         self.pos += count;
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ impl BytesWriter: Writer {
             unsafe { vec::raw::set_len(&mut bytes, count); }
 
             {
-                let view = vec::mut_view(bytes, self.pos, count);
+                let view = vec::mut_slice(bytes, self.pos, count);
                 vec::bytes::copy_memory(view, v, v_len);
             }
 

src/libcore/os.rs

@@ -109,21 +109,24 @@ pub mod win32 {
             let mut res = None;
             let mut done = false;
             while !done {
+                let mut k: DWORD = 0;
                 let buf = vec::cast_to_mut(vec::from_elem(n as uint, 0u16));
                 do vec::as_mut_buf(buf) |b, _sz| {
-                    let k : DWORD = f(b, tmpbuf_sz as DWORD);
+                    k = f(b, tmpbuf_sz as DWORD);
                     if k == (0 as DWORD) {
                         done = true;
                     } else if (k == n &&
                                libc::GetLastError() ==
                                libc::ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER as DWORD) {
                         n *= (2 as DWORD);
                     } else {
-                        let sub = vec::slice(buf, 0u, k as uint);
-                        res = option::Some(str::from_utf16(sub));
                         done = true;
                     }
                 }
+                if k != 0 && done {
+                    let sub = vec::slice(buf, 0u, k as uint);
+                    res = option::Some(str::from_utf16(sub));
+                }
             }
             return res;
         }

src/libcore/vec.rs

@@ -220,21 +220,21 @@ pub pure fn head<T: Copy>(v: &[const T]) -> T { v[0] }
 
 /// Returns a vector containing all but the first element of a slice
 pub pure fn tail<T: Copy>(v: &[const T]) -> ~[T] {
-    return slice(v, 1u, len(v));
+    slice(v, 1u, len(v)).to_vec()
 }
 
 /**
  * Returns a vector containing all but the first `n` \
  * elements of a slice
  */
 pub pure fn tailn<T: Copy>(v: &[const T], n: uint) -> ~[T] {
-    slice(v, n, len(v))
+    slice(v, n, len(v)).to_vec()
 }
 
 /// Returns a vector containing all but the last element of a slice
 pub pure fn init<T: Copy>(v: &[const T]) -> ~[T] {
     assert len(v) != 0u;
-    slice(v, 0u, len(v) - 1u)
+    slice(v, 0u, len(v) - 1u).to_vec()
 }
 
 /// Returns the last element of the slice `v`, failing if the slice is empty.
@@ -252,20 +252,9 @@ pub pure fn last_opt<T: Copy>(v: &[const T]) -> Option<T> {
     Some(v[len(v) - 1u])
 }
 
-/// Returns a copy of the elements from [`start`..`end`) from `v`.
-pub pure fn slice<T: Copy>(v: &[const T], start: uint, end: uint) -> ~[T] {
-    assert (start <= end);
-    assert (end <= len(v));
-    let mut result = ~[];
-    unsafe {
-        for uint::range(start, end) |i| { result.push(v[i]) }
-    }
-    result
-}
-
 /// Return a slice that points into another slice.
 #[inline(always)]
-pub pure fn view<T>(v: &r/[T], start: uint, end: uint) -> &r/[T] {
+pub pure fn slice<T>(v: &r/[T], start: uint, end: uint) -> &r/[T] {
     assert (start <= end);
     assert (end <= len(v));
     do as_imm_buf(v) |p, _len| {
@@ -279,7 +268,9 @@ pub pure fn view<T>(v: &r/[T], start: uint, end: uint) -> &r/[T] {
 
 /// Return a slice that points into another slice.
 #[inline(always)]
-pub pure fn mut_view<T>(v: &r/[mut T], start: uint, end: uint) -> &r/[mut T] {
+pub pure fn mut_slice<T>(v: &r/[mut T], start: uint,
+                         end: uint) -> &r/[mut T] {
+
     assert (start <= end);
     assert (end <= len(v));
     do as_mut_buf(v) |p, _len| {
@@ -293,7 +284,7 @@ pub pure fn mut_view<T>(v: &r/[mut T], start: uint, end: uint) -> &r/[mut T] {
 
 /// Return a slice that points into another slice.
 #[inline(always)]
-pub pure fn const_view<T>(v: &r/[const T], start: uint,
+pub pure fn const_slice<T>(v: &r/[const T], start: uint,
                       end: uint) -> &r/[const T] {
     assert (start <= end);
     assert (end <= len(v));
@@ -319,12 +310,12 @@ pub fn split<T: Copy>(v: &[T], f: fn(t: &T) -> bool) -> ~[~[T]] {
         match position_between(v, start, ln, f) {
             None => break,
             Some(i) => {
-                result.push(slice(v, start, i));
+                result.push(slice(v, start, i).to_vec());
                 start = i + 1u;
             }
         }
     }
-    result.push(slice(v, start, ln));
+    result.push(slice(v, start, ln).to_vec());
     result
 }
 
@@ -343,14 +334,14 @@ pub fn splitn<T: Copy>(v: &[T], n: uint, f: fn(t: &T) -> bool) -> ~[~[T]] {
         match position_between(v, start, ln, f) {
             None => break,
             Some(i) => {
-                result.push(slice(v, start, i));
+                result.push(slice(v, start, i).to_vec());
                 // Make sure to skip the separator.
                 start = i + 1u;
                 count -= 1u;
             }
         }
     }
-    result.push(slice(v, start, ln));
+    result.push(slice(v, start, ln).to_vec());
     result
 }
 
@@ -368,12 +359,12 @@ pub fn rsplit<T: Copy>(v: &[T], f: fn(t: &T) -> bool) -> ~[~[T]] {
         match rposition_between(v, 0, end, f) {
             None => break,
             Some(i) => {
-                result.push(slice(v, i + 1, end));
+                result.push(slice(v, i + 1, end).to_vec());
                 end = i;
             }
         }
     }
-    result.push(slice(v, 0u, end));
+    result.push(slice(v, 0u, end).to_vec());
     reverse(result);
     return result;
 }
@@ -393,14 +384,14 @@ pub fn rsplitn<T: Copy>(v: &[T], n: uint, f: fn(t: &T) -> bool) -> ~[~[T]] {
         match rposition_between(v, 0u, end, f) {
             None => break,
             Some(i) => {
-                result.push(slice(v, i + 1u, end));
+                result.push(slice(v, i + 1u, end).to_vec());
                 // Make sure to skip the separator.
                 end = i;
                 count -= 1u;
             }
         }
     }
-    result.push(slice(v, 0u, end));
+    result.push(slice(v, 0u, end).to_vec());
     reverse(result);
     result
 }
@@ -478,15 +469,15 @@ pub fn shift<T>(v: &mut ~[T]) -> T {
         // popped. For the moment it unsafely exists at both the head and last
         // positions
         {
-            let first_slice = view(*v, 0, 1);
-            let last_slice = view(*v, next_ln, ln);
+            let first_slice = slice(*v, 0, 1);
+            let last_slice = slice(*v, next_ln, ln);
             raw::copy_memory(::cast::transmute(last_slice), first_slice, 1);
         }
 
         // Memcopy everything to the left one element
         {
-            let init_slice = view(*v, 0, next_ln);
-            let tail_slice = view(*v, 1, ln);
+            let init_slice = slice(*v, 0, next_ln);
+            let tail_slice = slice(*v, 1, ln);
             raw::copy_memory(::cast::transmute(init_slice),
                              tail_slice,
                              next_ln);
@@ -1468,9 +1459,9 @@ pure fn each_permutation<T: Copy>(v: &[T], put: fn(ts: &[T]) -> bool) {
         let mut i = 0u;
         while i < ln {
             let elt = v[i];
-            let mut rest = slice(v, 0u, i);
+            let mut rest = slice(v, 0u, i).to_vec();
             unsafe {
-                rest.push_all(const_view(v, i+1u, ln));
+                rest.push_all(const_slice(v, i+1u, ln));
                 for each_permutation(rest) |permutation| {
                     if !put(append(~[elt], permutation)) {
                         return;
@@ -1489,7 +1480,7 @@ pub pure fn windowed<TT: Copy>(nn: uint, xx: &[TT]) -> ~[~[TT]] {
         let len = vec::len(xx);
         if ii+nn <= len {
             unsafe {
-                ww.push(vec::slice(xx, ii, ii+nn));
+                ww.push(slice(xx, ii, ii+nn).to_vec());
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1700,7 +1691,7 @@ impl<T: Copy> &[const T]: CopyableVector<T> {
     /// Returns a copy of the elements from [`start`..`end`) from `v`.
     #[inline]
     pure fn slice(&self, start: uint, end: uint) -> ~[T] {
-        slice(*self, start, end)
+        slice(*self, start, end).to_vec()
     }
 
     /// Returns all but the first element of a vector
@@ -1724,7 +1715,7 @@ impl<T> &[T]: ImmutableVector<T> {
     /// Return a slice that points into another slice.
     #[inline]
     pure fn view(&self, start: uint, end: uint) -> &self/[T] {
-        view(*self, start, end)
+        slice(*self, start, end)
     }
 
     /// Reduce a vector from right to left
@@ -2577,42 +2568,45 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_slice() {
-        // Test on-stack -> on-stack slice.
-        let mut v = slice(~[1, 2, 3], 1u, 3u);
-        assert (len(v) == 2u);
-        assert (v[0] == 2);
-        assert (v[1] == 3);
-
-        // Test on-heap -> on-stack slice.
-        v = slice(~[1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 0u, 3u);
-        assert (len(v) == 3u);
-        assert (v[0] == 1);
-        assert (v[1] == 2);
-        assert (v[2] == 3);
-
-        // Test on-heap -> on-heap slice.
-        v = slice(~[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], 1u, 6u);
-        assert (len(v) == 5u);
-        assert (v[0] == 2);
-        assert (v[1] == 3);
-        assert (v[2] == 4);
-        assert (v[3] == 5);
-        assert (v[4] == 6);
+        // Test fixed length vector.
+        let vec_fixed = [1, 2, 3, 4];
+        let v_a = slice(vec_fixed, 1u, len(vec_fixed)).to_vec();
+        assert (len(v_a) == 3u);
+        assert (v_a[0] == 2);
+        assert (v_a[1] == 3);
+        assert (v_a[2] == 4);
+
+        // Test on stack.
+        let vec_stack = &[1, 2, 3];
+        let v_b = slice(vec_stack, 1u, 3u).to_vec();
+        assert (len(v_b) == 2u);
+        assert (v_b[0] == 2);
+        assert (v_b[1] == 3);
+
+        // Test on managed heap.
+        let vec_managed = @[1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+        let v_c = slice(vec_managed, 0u, 3u).to_vec();
+        assert (len(v_c) == 3u);
+        assert (v_c[0] == 1);
+        assert (v_c[1] == 2);
+        assert (v_c[2] == 3);
+
+        // Test on exchange heap.
+        let vec_unique = ~[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
+        let v_d = slice(vec_unique, 1u, 6u).to_vec();
+        assert (len(v_d) == 5u);
+        assert (v_d[0] == 2);
+        assert (v_d[1] == 3);
+        assert (v_d[2] == 4);
+        assert (v_d[3] == 5);
+        assert (v_d[4] == 6);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_pop() {
-        // Test on-stack pop.
-        let mut v = ~[1, 2, 3];
-        let mut e = v.pop();
-        assert (len(v) == 2u);
-        assert (v[0] == 1);
-        assert (v[1] == 2);
-        assert (e == 3);
-
         // Test on-heap pop.
-        v = ~[1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
-        e = v.pop();
+        let mut v = ~[1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+        let e = v.pop();
         assert (len(v) == 4u);
         assert (v[0] == 1);
         assert (v[1] == 2);

src/librustc/back/rpath.rs

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ pub fn get_relative_to(abs1: &Path, abs2: &Path) -> Path {
     let mut path = ~[];
     for uint::range(start_idx, len1 - 1) |_i| { path.push(~".."); };
 
-    path.push_all(vec::view(split2, start_idx, len2 - 1));
+    path.push_all(vec::slice(split2, start_idx, len2 - 1));
 
     if !path.is_empty() {
         return Path("").push_many(path);

src/librustc/metadata/decoder.rs

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ fn lookup_hash(d: ebml::Doc, eq_fn: fn(x:&[u8]) -> bool, hash: uint) ->
     let belt = tag_index_buckets_bucket_elt;
     for reader::tagged_docs(tagged_doc.doc, belt) |elt| {
         let pos = io::u64_from_be_bytes(*elt.data, elt.start, 4u) as uint;
-        if eq_fn(vec::view(*elt.data, elt.start + 4u, elt.end)) {
+        if eq_fn(vec::slice(*elt.data, elt.start + 4u, elt.end)) {
             return Some(reader::doc_at(d.data, pos).doc);
         }
     };
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ pub type GetCrateDataCb = &fn(ast::crate_num) -> cmd;
 
 pub fn maybe_find_item(item_id: int, items: ebml::Doc) -> Option<ebml::Doc> {
     fn eq_item(bytes: &[u8], item_id: int) -> bool {
-        return io::u64_from_be_bytes(vec::view(bytes, 0u, 4u), 0u, 4u) as int
+        return io::u64_from_be_bytes(
+            vec::slice(bytes, 0u, 4u), 0u, 4u) as int
             == item_id;
     }
     lookup_hash(items,

src/librustc/metadata/encoder.rs

@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ fn encode_crate_deps(ecx: @encode_ctxt,
         }
 
         // mut -> immutable hack for vec::map
-        return vec::slice(deps, 0u, vec::len(deps));
+        return vec::slice(deps, 0u, vec::len(deps)).to_vec();
     }
 
     // We're just going to write a list of crate 'name-hash-version's, with
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ pub fn encode_metadata(parms: encode_parms, crate: &crate) -> ~[u8] {
     //   vec::from_slice(metadata_encoding_version) +
 
     (do str::as_bytes(&~"rust\x00\x00\x00\x01") |bytes| {
-        vec::slice(*bytes, 0, 8)
+        vec::slice(*bytes, 0, 8).to_vec()
     }) + flate::deflate_bytes(wr.bytes.check_out(|buf| buf))
 }
 

src/librustc/metadata/tydecode.rs

@@ -493,8 +493,8 @@ pub fn parse_def_id(buf: &[u8]) -> ast::def_id {
         die!();
     }
 
-    let crate_part = vec::view(buf, 0u, colon_idx);
-    let def_part = vec::view(buf, colon_idx + 1u, len);
+    let crate_part = vec::slice(buf, 0u, colon_idx);
+    let def_part = vec::slice(buf, colon_idx + 1u, len);
 
     let crate_num = match uint::parse_bytes(crate_part, 10u) {
        Some(cn) => cn as int,