Remove gensyms

src/libsyntax_pos/symbol.rs

@@ -807,25 +807,13 @@ impl Ident {
         Ident::new(self.name, self.span.modern_and_legacy())
     }
 
-    /// Transforms an underscore identifier into one with the same name, but
-    /// gensymed. Leaves non-underscore identifiers unchanged.
-    pub fn gensym_if_underscore(self) -> Ident {
-        if self.name == kw::Underscore {
-            let name = with_interner(|interner| interner.gensymed(self.name));
-            Ident::new(name, self.span)
-        } else {
-            self
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Convert the name to a `LocalInternedString`. This is a slowish
     /// operation because it requires locking the symbol interner.
     pub fn as_str(self) -> LocalInternedString {
         self.name.as_str()
     }
 
-    /// Convert the name to an `InternedString`. This is a slowish operation
-    /// because it requires locking the symbol interner.
+    /// Convert the name to an `InternedString`.
     pub fn as_interned_str(self) -> InternedString {
         self.name.as_interned_str()
     }
@@ -880,26 +868,9 @@ impl UseSpecializedDecodable for Ident {
     }
 }
 
-/// A symbol is an interned or gensymed string. A gensym is a symbol that is
-/// never equal to any other symbol.
+/// An interned string.
 ///
-/// Conceptually, a gensym can be thought of as a normal symbol with an
-/// invisible unique suffix. Gensyms are useful when creating new identifiers
-/// that must not match any existing identifiers, e.g. during macro expansion
-/// and syntax desugaring. Because gensyms should always be identifiers, all
-/// gensym operations are on `Ident` rather than `Symbol`. (Indeed, in the
-/// future the gensym-ness may be moved from `Symbol` to hygiene data.)
-///
-/// Examples:
-/// ```
-/// assert_eq!(Ident::from_str("_"), Ident::from_str("_"))
-/// assert_ne!(Ident::from_str("_").gensym_if_underscore(), Ident::from_str("_"))
-/// assert_ne!(
-///     Ident::from_str("_").gensym_if_underscore(),
-///     Ident::from_str("_").gensym_if_underscore(),
-/// )
-/// ```
-/// Internally, a symbol is implemented as an index, and all operations
+/// Internally, a `Symbol` is implemented as an index, and all operations
 /// (including hashing, equality, and ordering) operate on that index. The use
 /// of `rustc_index::newtype_index!` means that `Option<Symbol>` only takes up 4 bytes,
 /// because `rustc_index::newtype_index!` reserves the last 256 values for tagging purposes.
@@ -950,12 +921,9 @@ impl Symbol {
         })
     }
 
-    /// Convert to an `InternedString`. This is a slowish operation because it
-    /// requires locking the symbol interner.
+    /// Convert to an `InternedString`.
     pub fn as_interned_str(self) -> InternedString {
-        with_interner(|interner| InternedString {
-            symbol: interner.interned(self)
-        })
+        InternedString { symbol: self }
     }
 
     pub fn as_u32(self) -> u32 {
@@ -965,12 +933,7 @@ impl Symbol {
 
 impl fmt::Debug for Symbol {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        let is_gensymed = with_interner(|interner| interner.is_gensymed(*self));
-        if is_gensymed {
-            write!(f, "{}({:?})", self, self.0)
-        } else {
-            write!(f, "{}", self)
-        }
+        fmt::Display::fmt(self, f)
     }
 }
 
@@ -993,15 +956,11 @@ impl Decodable for Symbol {
 }
 
 // The `&'static str`s in this type actually point into the arena.
-//
-// Note that normal symbols are indexed upward from 0, and gensyms are indexed
-// downward from SymbolIndex::MAX_AS_U32.
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Interner {
     arena: DroplessArena,
     names: FxHashMap<&'static str, Symbol>,
     strings: Vec<&'static str>,
-    gensyms: Vec<Symbol>,
 }
 
 impl Interner {
@@ -1034,35 +993,11 @@ impl Interner {
         self.names.insert(string, name);
         name
     }
-
-    fn interned(&self, symbol: Symbol) -> Symbol {
-        if (symbol.0.as_usize()) < self.strings.len() {
-            symbol
-        } else {
-            self.gensyms[(SymbolIndex::MAX_AS_U32 - symbol.0.as_u32()) as usize]
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn gensymed(&mut self, symbol: Symbol) -> Symbol {
-        self.gensyms.push(symbol);
-        Symbol::new(SymbolIndex::MAX_AS_U32 - self.gensyms.len() as u32 + 1)
-    }
-
-    fn is_gensymed(&mut self, symbol: Symbol) -> bool {
-        symbol.0.as_usize() >= self.strings.len()
-    }
-
     // Get the symbol as a string. `Symbol::as_str()` should be used in
     // preference to this function.
     pub fn get(&self, symbol: Symbol) -> &str {
-        match self.strings.get(symbol.0.as_usize()) {
-            Some(string) => string,
-            None => {
-                let symbol = self.gensyms[(SymbolIndex::MAX_AS_U32 - symbol.0.as_u32()) as usize];
         self.strings[symbol.0.as_usize()]
     }
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 // This module has a very short name because it's used a lot.
@@ -1246,19 +1181,12 @@ impl fmt::Display for LocalInternedString {
     }
 }
 
-/// An alternative to `Symbol` that is focused on string contents. It has two
-/// main differences to `Symbol`.
+/// An alternative to `Symbol` that is focused on string contents.
 ///
-/// First, its implementations of `Hash`, `PartialOrd` and `Ord` work with the
+/// Its implementations of `Hash`, `PartialOrd` and `Ord` work with the
 /// string chars rather than the symbol integer. This is useful when hash
 /// stability is required across compile sessions, or a guaranteed sort
 /// ordering is required.
-///
-/// Second, gensym-ness is irrelevant. E.g.:
-/// ```
-/// assert_ne!(Symbol::gensym("x"), Symbol::gensym("x"))
-/// assert_eq!(Symbol::gensym("x").as_interned_str(), Symbol::gensym("x").as_interned_str())
-/// ```
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct InternedString {
     symbol: Symbol,

src/libsyntax_pos/symbol/tests.rs

@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ fn interner_tests() {
     assert_eq!(i.intern("cat"), Symbol::new(1));
     // dog is still at zero
     assert_eq!(i.intern("dog"), Symbol::new(0));
-    let z = i.intern("zebra");
-    assert_eq!(i.gensymed(z), Symbol::new(SymbolIndex::MAX_AS_U32));
-    // gensym of same string gets new number:
-    assert_eq!(i.gensymed(z), Symbol::new(SymbolIndex::MAX_AS_U32 - 1));
-    // gensym of *existing* string gets new number:
-    let d = i.intern("dog");
-    assert_eq!(i.gensymed(d), Symbol::new(SymbolIndex::MAX_AS_U32 - 2));
 }
 
 #[test]