refactor lexer to use idiomatic borrowing

[matklad]

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[matklad]

r? @petrochenkov

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r? @pnkfelix

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[matklad]

One thing I find confusing is

fnname_from(&self,start:BytePos) -> ast::Name{debug!("taking an ident from {:?} to {:?}", start,self.pos);Symbol::intern(self.str_from(start))}

It's not obvious that ast::Name and SYmbol are aliases. Perhaps something like

fnintern_from(&self,start:BytePos) -> Symbol{debug!("taking an ident from {:?} to {:?}", start,self.pos);Symbol::intern(self.str_from(start))}

would be better? If so, it makes sense to do this in this PR as well

[petrochenkov]

@matklad
ast::Name is conventionally used for identifier symbols from ast::Ident (although people just use Symbol randomly now).

In this case the symbols are not necessarily identifiers, so they shouldn't use Name/name.
(I'd rather use symbol_from than intern_from).

[matklad]

Makes sense, added the second commit with rename

[matklad]

... and replaced the few remaning usages of ast::Name in the lexer: it's hard to maintain convention unless it is of the form "always do X" :)

[petrochenkov]

@bors r+

[bors]

📌 Commit 57db25e has been approved by petrochenkov