Return a Symbol from name_or_empty functions.

src/librustc/hir/check_attr.rs

@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> CheckAttrVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
         let mut is_transparent = false;
 
         for hint in &hints {
-            let (article, allowed_targets) = match hint.name_or_empty().get() {
-                name @ "C" | name @ "align" => {
-                    is_c |= name == "C";
+            let (article, allowed_targets) = match hint.name_or_empty() {
+                name @ sym::C | name @ sym::align => {
+                    is_c |= name == sym::C;
                     if target != Target::Struct &&
                             target != Target::Union &&
                             target != Target::Enum {
@@ -189,33 +189,33 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> CheckAttrVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                         continue
                     }
                 }
-                "packed" => {
+                sym::packed => {
                     if target != Target::Struct &&
                             target != Target::Union {
                                 ("a", "struct or union")
                     } else {
                         continue
                     }
                 }
-                "simd" => {
+                sym::simd => {
                     is_simd = true;
                     if target != Target::Struct {
                         ("a", "struct")
                     } else {
                         continue
                     }
                 }
-                "transparent" => {
+                sym::transparent => {
                     is_transparent = true;
                     if target != Target::Struct {
                         ("a", "struct")
                     } else {
                         continue
                     }
                 }
-                "i8"  | "u8"  | "i16" | "u16" |
-                "i32" | "u32" | "i64" | "u64" |
-                "isize" | "usize" => {
+                sym::i8  | sym::u8  | sym::i16 | sym::u16 |
+                sym::i32 | sym::u32 | sym::i64 | sym::u64 |
+                sym::isize | sym::usize => {
                     int_reprs += 1;
                     if target != Target::Enum {
                         ("an", "enum")

src/librustc/lint/levels.rs

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ impl<'a> LintLevelsBuilder<'a> {
             struct_span_err!(sess, span, E0452, "malformed lint attribute")
         };
         for attr in attrs {
-            let level = match Level::from_str(&attr.name_or_empty()) {
+            let level = match Level::from_symbol(attr.name_or_empty()) {
                 None => continue,
                 Some(lvl) => lvl,
             };

src/librustc/lint/mod.rs

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ use syntax::ast;
 use syntax::source_map::{MultiSpan, ExpnFormat};
 use syntax::early_buffered_lints::BufferedEarlyLintId;
 use syntax::edition::Edition;
-use syntax::symbol::Symbol;
+use syntax::symbol::{Symbol, sym};
 use syntax_pos::Span;
 
 pub use crate::lint::context::{LateContext, EarlyContext, LintContext, LintStore,
@@ -570,6 +570,17 @@ impl Level {
             _ => None,
         }
     }
+
+    /// Converts a symbol to a level.
+    pub fn from_symbol(x: Symbol) -> Option<Level> {
+        match x {
+            sym::allow => Some(Allow),
+            sym::warn => Some(Warn),
+            sym::deny => Some(Deny),
+            sym::forbid => Some(Forbid),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// How a lint level was set.
@@ -752,7 +763,7 @@ pub fn struct_lint_level<'a>(sess: &'a Session,
 
 pub fn maybe_lint_level_root(tcx: TyCtxt<'_, '_, '_>, id: hir::HirId) -> bool {
     let attrs = tcx.hir().attrs_by_hir_id(id);
-    attrs.iter().any(|attr| Level::from_str(&attr.name_or_empty()).is_some())
+    attrs.iter().any(|attr| Level::from_symbol(attr.name_or_empty()).is_some())
 }
 
 fn lint_levels<'a, 'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>, cnum: CrateNum)

src/librustc/middle/lib_features.rs

@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> LibFeatureCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
                 for meta in metas {
                     if let Some(mi) = meta.meta_item() {
                         // Find the `feature = ".."` meta-item.
-                        match (mi.name_or_empty().get(), mi.value_str()) {
-                            ("feature", val) => feature = val,
-                            ("since", val) => since = val,
+                        match (mi.name_or_empty(), mi.value_str()) {
+                            (sym::feature, val) => feature = val,
+                            (sym::since, val) => since = val,
                             _ => {}
                         }
                     }

src/librustc/middle/stability.rs

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx: 'a> Annotator<'a, 'tcx> {
             // Emit errors for non-staged-api crates.
             for attr in attrs {
                 let name = attr.name_or_empty();
-                if ["unstable", "stable", "rustc_deprecated"].contains(&name.get()) {
+                if [sym::unstable, sym::stable, sym::rustc_deprecated].contains(&name) {
                     attr::mark_used(attr);
                     self.tcx.sess.span_err(attr.span, "stability attributes may not be used \
                                                         outside of the standard library");

src/librustc_lint/unused.rs

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> LateLintPass<'a, 'tcx> for UnusedAttributes {
             // Has a plugin registered this attribute as one that must be used at
             // the crate level?
             let plugin_crate = plugin_attributes.iter()
-                .find(|&&(ref x, t)| name == x.as_str() && AttributeType::CrateLevel == t)
+                .find(|&&(x, t)| name == x && AttributeType::CrateLevel == t)
                 .is_some();
             if known_crate || plugin_crate {
                 let msg = match attr.style {

src/librustc_metadata/creader.rs

@@ -650,9 +650,8 @@ impl<'a> CrateLoader<'a> {
     /// SVH and DefIndex of the registrar function.
     pub fn find_plugin_registrar(&mut self,
                                  span: Span,
-                                 name: &str)
+                                 name: Symbol)
                                  -> Option<(PathBuf, CrateDisambiguator)> {
-        let name = Symbol::intern(name);
         let ekrate = self.read_extension_crate(span, name, name);
 
         if ekrate.target_only {

src/librustc_passes/layout_test.rs

@@ -55,26 +55,26 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> VarianceTest<'a, 'tcx> {
                 // The `..` are the names of fields to dump.
                 let meta_items = attr.meta_item_list().unwrap_or_default();
                 for meta_item in meta_items {
-                    match meta_item.name_or_empty().get() {
-                        "abi" => {
+                    match meta_item.name_or_empty() {
+                        sym::abi => {
                             self.tcx
                                 .sess
                                 .span_err(item.span, &format!("abi: {:?}", ty_layout.abi));
                         }
 
-                        "align" => {
+                        sym::align => {
                             self.tcx
                                 .sess
                                 .span_err(item.span, &format!("align: {:?}", ty_layout.align));
                         }
 
-                        "size" => {
+                        sym::size => {
                             self.tcx
                                 .sess
                                 .span_err(item.span, &format!("size: {:?}", ty_layout.size));
                         }
 
-                        "homogeneous_aggregate" => {
+                        sym::homogeneous_aggregate => {
                             self.tcx.sess.span_err(
                                 item.span,
                                 &format!(

src/librustc_plugin/load.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::mem;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use syntax::ast;
 use syntax::span_err;
-use syntax::symbol::sym;
+use syntax::symbol::{Symbol, keywords, sym};
 use syntax_pos::{Span, DUMMY_SP};
 
 /// Pointer to a registrar function.
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ pub fn load_plugins(sess: &Session,
             for plugin in plugins {
                 // plugins must have a name and can't be key = value
                 let name = plugin.name_or_empty();
-                if !name.is_empty() && !plugin.is_value_str() {
+                if name != keywords::Invalid.name() && !plugin.is_value_str() {
                     let args = plugin.meta_item_list().map(ToOwned::to_owned);
-                    loader.load_plugin(plugin.span(), &name, args.unwrap_or_default());
+                    loader.load_plugin(plugin.span(), name, args.unwrap_or_default());
                 } else {
                     call_malformed_plugin_attribute(sess, attr.span);
                 }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub fn load_plugins(sess: &Session,
 
     if let Some(plugins) = addl_plugins {
         for plugin in plugins {
-            loader.load_plugin(DUMMY_SP, &plugin, vec![]);
+            loader.load_plugin(DUMMY_SP, Symbol::intern(&plugin), vec![]);
         }
     }
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ impl<'a> PluginLoader<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn load_plugin(&mut self, span: Span, name: &str, args: Vec<ast::NestedMetaItem>) {
+    fn load_plugin(&mut self, span: Span, name: Symbol, args: Vec<ast::NestedMetaItem>) {
         let registrar = self.reader.find_plugin_registrar(span, name);
 
         if let Some((lib, disambiguator)) = registrar {

src/librustdoc/core.rs

@@ -421,19 +421,19 @@ pub fn run_core(options: RustdocOptions) -> (clean::Crate, RenderInfo, RenderOpt
 
                 let name = attr.name_or_empty();
                 if attr.is_word() {
-                    if name == "no_default_passes" {
+                    if name == sym::no_default_passes {
                         report_deprecated_attr("no_default_passes", diag);
                         if default_passes == passes::DefaultPassOption::Default {
                             default_passes = passes::DefaultPassOption::None;
                         }
                     }
                 } else if let Some(value) = attr.value_str() {
-                    let sink = match name.get() {
-                        "passes" => {
+                    let sink = match name {
+                        sym::passes => {
                             report_deprecated_attr("passes = \"...\"", diag);
                             &mut manual_passes
                         },
-                        "plugins" => {
+                        sym::plugins => {
                             report_deprecated_attr("plugins = \"...\"", diag);
                             eprintln!("WARNING: #![doc(plugins = \"...\")] no longer functions; \
                                       see CVE-2018-1000622");
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ pub fn run_core(options: RustdocOptions) -> (clean::Crate, RenderInfo, RenderOpt
                     }
                 }
 
-                if attr.is_word() && name == "document_private_items" {
+                if attr.is_word() && name == sym::document_private_items {
                     if default_passes == passes::DefaultPassOption::Default {
                         default_passes = passes::DefaultPassOption::Private;
                     }

src/librustdoc/html/render.rs

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ use syntax::ast;
 use syntax::ext::base::MacroKind;
 use syntax::source_map::FileName;
 use syntax::feature_gate::UnstableFeatures;
-use syntax::symbol::sym;
+use syntax::symbol::{Symbol, sym};
 use rustc::hir::def_id::{CrateNum, CRATE_DEF_INDEX, DefId};
 use rustc::middle::privacy::AccessLevels;
 use rustc::middle::stability;
@@ -573,23 +573,23 @@ pub fn run(mut krate: clean::Crate,
     // going to emit HTML
     if let Some(attrs) = krate.module.as_ref().map(|m| &m.attrs) {
         for attr in attrs.lists(sym::doc) {
-            match (attr.name_or_empty().get(), attr.value_str()) {
-                ("html_favicon_url", Some(s)) => {
+            match (attr.name_or_empty(), attr.value_str()) {
+                (sym::html_favicon_url, Some(s)) => {
                     scx.layout.favicon = s.to_string();
                 }
-                ("html_logo_url", Some(s)) => {
+                (sym::html_logo_url, Some(s)) => {
                     scx.layout.logo = s.to_string();
                 }
-                ("html_playground_url", Some(s)) => {
+                (sym::html_playground_url, Some(s)) => {
                     markdown::PLAYGROUND.with(|slot| {
                         let name = krate.name.clone();
                         *slot.borrow_mut() = Some((Some(name), s.to_string()));
                     });
                 }
-                ("issue_tracker_base_url", Some(s)) => {
+                (sym::issue_tracker_base_url, Some(s)) => {
                     scx.issue_tracker_base_url = Some(s.to_string());
                 }
-                ("html_no_source", None) if attr.is_word() => {
+                (sym::html_no_source, None) if attr.is_word() => {
                     scx.include_sources = false;
                 }
                 _ => {}
@@ -3762,22 +3762,22 @@ fn render_attribute(attr: &ast::MetaItem) -> Option<String> {
     }
 }
 
-const ATTRIBUTE_WHITELIST: &'static [&'static str] = &[
-    "export_name",
-    "lang",
-    "link_section",
-    "must_use",
-    "no_mangle",
-    "repr",
-    "unsafe_destructor_blind_to_params",
-    "non_exhaustive"
+const ATTRIBUTE_WHITELIST: &'static [Symbol] = &[
+    sym::export_name,
+    sym::lang,
+    sym::link_section,
+    sym::must_use,
+    sym::no_mangle,
+    sym::repr,
+    sym::unsafe_destructor_blind_to_params,
+    sym::non_exhaustive
 ];
 
 fn render_attributes(w: &mut dyn fmt::Write, it: &clean::Item) -> fmt::Result {
     let mut attrs = String::new();
 
     for attr in &it.attrs.other_attrs {
-        if !ATTRIBUTE_WHITELIST.contains(&attr.name_or_empty().get()) {
+        if !ATTRIBUTE_WHITELIST.contains(&attr.name_or_empty()) {
             continue;
         }
         if let Some(s) = render_attribute(&attr.meta().unwrap()) {