Rollup of 17 pull requests

configure

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 msg() {
-    echo "configure: $1"
+    echo "configure: $*"
 }
 
 step_msg() {
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ need_ok() {
 
 need_cmd() {
     if command -v $1 >/dev/null 2>&1
-    then msg "found program $1"
-    else err "need program $1"
+    then msg "found program '$1'"
+    else err "program '$1' is missing, please install it"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ then
             | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
 
         case $CFG_CLANG_VERSION in
-            (3.2* | 3.3* | 3.4* | 3.5* | 3.6*)
+            (3.2* | 3.3* | 3.4* | 3.5* | 3.6* | 3.7*)
             step_msg "found ok version of CLANG: $CFG_CLANG_VERSION"
             if [ -z "$CC" ]
             then

src/doc/reference.md

@@ -2003,6 +2003,10 @@ arbitrarily complex configurations through nesting.
 
 The following configurations must be defined by the implementation:
 
+* `debug_assertions`. Enabled by default when compiling without optimizations.
+  This can be used to enable extra debugging code in development but not in
+  production.  For example, it controls the behavior of the standard library's
+  `debug_assert!` macro.
 * `target_arch = "..."`. Target CPU architecture, such as `"x86"`, `"x86_64"`
   `"mips"`, `"powerpc"`, `"arm"`, or `"aarch64"`.
 * `target_endian = "..."`. Endianness of the target CPU, either `"little"` or

src/doc/trpl/dining-philosophers.md

@@ -2,26 +2,28 @@
 
 For our second project, let’s look at a classic concurrency problem. It’s
 called ‘the dining philosophers’. It was originally conceived by Dijkstra in
-1965, but we’ll use the version from [this paper][paper] by Tony Hoare in 1985.
+1965, but we’ll use a lightly adapted version from [this paper][paper] by Tony
+Hoare in 1985.
 
 [paper]: http://www.usingcsp.com/cspbook.pdf
 
 > In ancient times, a wealthy philanthropist endowed a College to accommodate
-> five eminent philosophers. Each philosopher had a room in which she could
-> engage in her professional activity of thinking; there was also a common
+> five eminent philosophers. Each philosopher had a room in which they could
+> engage in their professional activity of thinking; there was also a common
 > dining room, furnished with a circular table, surrounded by five chairs, each
 > labelled by the name of the philosopher who was to sit in it. They sat
 > anticlockwise around the table. To the left of each philosopher there was
 > laid a golden fork, and in the centre stood a large bowl of spaghetti, which
-> was constantly replenished. A philosopher was expected to spend most of her
-> time thinking; but when she felt hungry, she went to the dining room, sat down
-> in her own chair, picked up her own fork on her left, and plunged it into the
-> spaghetti. But such is the tangled nature of spaghetti that a second fork is
-> required to carry it to the mouth. The philosopher therefore had also to pick
-> up the fork on her right. When she was finished she would put down both her
-> forks, get up from her chair, and continue thinking. Of course, a fork can be
-> used by only one philosopher at a time. If the other philosopher wants it, she
-> just has to wait until the fork is available again.
+> was constantly replenished. A philosopher was expected to spend most of
+> their time thinking; but when they felt hungry, they went to the dining
+> room, sat down in their own chair, picked up their own fork on their left,
+> and plunged it into the spaghetti. But such is the tangled nature of
+> spaghetti that a second fork is required to carry it to the mouth. The
+> philosopher therefore had also to pick up the fork on their right. When
+> they were finished they would put down both their forks, get up from their
+> chair, and continue thinking. Of course, a fork can be used by only one
+> philosopher at a time. If the other philosopher wants it, they just have
+> to wait until the fork is available again.
 
 This classic problem shows off a few different elements of concurrency. The
 reason is that it's actually slightly tricky to implement: a simple
@@ -60,10 +62,10 @@ impl Philosopher {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let p1 = Philosopher::new("Baruch Spinoza");
+    let p1 = Philosopher::new("Judith Butler");
     let p2 = Philosopher::new("Gilles Deleuze");
     let p3 = Philosopher::new("Karl Marx");
-    let p4 = Philosopher::new("Friedrich Nietzsche");
+    let p4 = Philosopher::new("Emma Goldman");
     let p5 = Philosopher::new("Michel Foucault");
 }
 ```
@@ -159,10 +161,10 @@ look at `main()` again:
 # }
 # 
 fn main() {
-    let p1 = Philosopher::new("Baruch Spinoza");
+    let p1 = Philosopher::new("Judith Butler");
     let p2 = Philosopher::new("Gilles Deleuze");
     let p3 = Philosopher::new("Karl Marx");
-    let p4 = Philosopher::new("Friedrich Nietzsche");
+    let p4 = Philosopher::new("Emma Goldman");
     let p5 = Philosopher::new("Michel Foucault");
 }
 ```
@@ -176,10 +178,10 @@ that `new()` function, it would look like this:
 #     name: String,
 # }
 fn main() {
-    let p1 = Philosopher { name: "Baruch Spinoza".to_string() };
+    let p1 = Philosopher { name: "Judith Butler".to_string() };
     let p2 = Philosopher { name: "Gilles Deleuze".to_string() };
     let p3 = Philosopher { name: "Karl Marx".to_string() };
-    let p4 = Philosopher { name: "Friedrich Nietzche".to_string() };
+    let p4 = Philosopher { name: "Emma Goldman".to_string() };
     let p5 = Philosopher { name: "Michel Foucault".to_string() };
 }
 ```
@@ -211,10 +213,10 @@ impl Philosopher {
 
 fn main() {
     let philosophers = vec![
-        Philosopher::new("Baruch Spinoza"),
+        Philosopher::new("Judith Butler"),
         Philosopher::new("Gilles Deleuze"),
         Philosopher::new("Karl Marx"),
-        Philosopher::new("Friedrich Nietzsche"),
+        Philosopher::new("Emma Goldman"),
         Philosopher::new("Michel Foucault"),
     ];
 
@@ -247,10 +249,10 @@ mention they’re done eating. Running this program should give you the followin
 output:
 
 ```text
-Baruch Spinoza is done eating.
+Judith Butler is done eating.
 Gilles Deleuze is done eating.
 Karl Marx is done eating.
-Friedrich Nietzsche is done eating.
+Emma Goldman is done eating.
 Michel Foucault is done eating.
 ```
 
@@ -285,10 +287,10 @@ impl Philosopher {
 
 fn main() {
     let philosophers = vec![
-        Philosopher::new("Baruch Spinoza"),
+        Philosopher::new("Judith Butler"),
         Philosopher::new("Gilles Deleuze"),
         Philosopher::new("Karl Marx"),
-        Philosopher::new("Friedrich Nietzsche"),
+        Philosopher::new("Emma Goldman"),
         Philosopher::new("Michel Foucault"),
     ];
 
@@ -323,14 +325,14 @@ simulate the time it takes a philosopher to eat.
 If you run this program, you should see each philosopher eat in turn:
 
 ```text
-Baruch Spinoza is eating.
-Baruch Spinoza is done eating.
+Judith Butler is eating.
+Judith Butler is done eating.
 Gilles Deleuze is eating.
 Gilles Deleuze is done eating.
 Karl Marx is eating.
 Karl Marx is done eating.
-Friedrich Nietzsche is eating.
-Friedrich Nietzsche is done eating.
+Emma Goldman is eating.
+Emma Goldman is done eating.
 Michel Foucault is eating.
 Michel Foucault is done eating.
 ```
@@ -366,10 +368,10 @@ impl Philosopher {
 
 fn main() {
     let philosophers = vec![
-        Philosopher::new("Baruch Spinoza"),
+        Philosopher::new("Judith Butler"),
         Philosopher::new("Gilles Deleuze"),
         Philosopher::new("Karl Marx"),
-        Philosopher::new("Friedrich Nietzsche"),
+        Philosopher::new("Emma Goldman"),
         Philosopher::new("Michel Foucault"),
     ];
 
@@ -458,11 +460,11 @@ We have multi-threading!
 ```text
 Gilles Deleuze is eating.
 Gilles Deleuze is done eating.
-Friedrich Nietzsche is eating.
-Friedrich Nietzsche is done eating.
+Emma Goldman is eating.
+Emma Goldman is done eating.
 Michel Foucault is eating.
-Baruch Spinoza is eating.
-Baruch Spinoza is done eating.
+Judith Butler is eating.
+Judith Butler is done eating.
 Karl Marx is eating.
 Karl Marx is done eating.
 Michel Foucault is done eating.
@@ -532,10 +534,10 @@ fn main() {
     ]});
 
     let philosophers = vec![
-        Philosopher::new("Baruch Spinoza", 0, 1),
+        Philosopher::new("Judith Butler", 0, 1),
         Philosopher::new("Gilles Deleuze", 1, 2),
         Philosopher::new("Karl Marx", 2, 3),
-        Philosopher::new("Friedrich Nietzsche", 3, 4),
+        Philosopher::new("Emma Goldman", 3, 4),
         Philosopher::new("Michel Foucault", 0, 4),
     ];
 
@@ -643,10 +645,10 @@ count will go up, and when each thread ends, it will go back down.
 
 ```rust,ignore
 let philosophers = vec![
-    Philosopher::new("Baruch Spinoza", 0, 1),
+    Philosopher::new("Judith Butler", 0, 1),
     Philosopher::new("Gilles Deleuze", 1, 2),
     Philosopher::new("Karl Marx", 2, 3),
-    Philosopher::new("Friedrich Nietzsche", 3, 4),
+    Philosopher::new("Emma Goldman", 3, 4),
     Philosopher::new("Michel Foucault", 0, 4),
 ];
 ```
@@ -679,12 +681,12 @@ and so you’ll get some output like this:
 
 ```text
 Gilles Deleuze is eating.
-Friedrich Nietzsche is eating.
-Friedrich Nietzsche is done eating.
+Emma Goldman is eating.
+Emma Goldman is done eating.
 Gilles Deleuze is done eating.
-Baruch Spinoza is eating.
+Judith Butler is eating.
 Karl Marx is eating.
-Baruch Spinoza is done eating.
+Judith Butler is done eating.
 Michel Foucault is eating.
 Karl Marx is done eating.
 Michel Foucault is done eating.

src/doc/trpl/guessing-game.md

@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ When we wrote `let guess = String::new()`, Rust was able to infer that `guess`
 should be a `String`, and so it doesn’t make us write out the type. And with
 our `secret_number`, there are a number of types which can have a value
 between one and a hundred: `i32`, a thirty-two-bit number, or `u32`, an
-unsigned thirty-two-bit number, or `i64`, a sixty-four-bit number. Or others.
+unsigned thirty-two-bit number, or `i64`, a sixty-four-bit number or others.
 So far, that hasn’t mattered, and so Rust defaults to an `i32`. However, here,
 Rust doesn’t know how to compare the `guess` and the `secret_number`. They
 need to be the same type. Ultimately, we want to convert the `String` we

src/liballoc/rc.rs

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 //!     // At the end of the method, gadget_owner, gadget1 and gadget2 get
 //!     // destroyed. There are now no strong (`Rc<T>`) references to the gadgets.
 //!     // Once they get destroyed, the Gadgets get destroyed. This zeroes the
-//!     // reference count on Gadget Man, so he gets destroyed as well.
+//!     // reference count on Gadget Man, they get destroyed as well.
 //! }
 //! ```
 

src/libcollections/str.rs

@@ -1110,9 +1110,8 @@ impl str {
     /// such as leaving a combining character as the first code point of the
     /// string.
     ///
-    /// Due to the design of UTF-8, this operation is `O(end)`. See `slice`,
-    /// `slice_to` and `slice_from` for `O(1)` variants that use byte indices
-    /// rather than code point indices.
+    /// Due to the design of UTF-8, this operation is `O(end)`. Use slicing
+    /// syntax if you want to use byte indices rather than codepoint indices.
     ///
     /// # Panics
     ///

src/libcollections/vec.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 //! A growable list type with heap-allocated contents, written `Vec<T>` but
 //! pronounced 'vector.'
 //!
-//! Vectors have `O(1)` indexing, push (to the end) and pop (from the end).
+//! Vectors have `O(1)` indexing, amortized `O(1)` push (to the end) and
+//! `O(1)` pop (from the end).
 //!
 //! # Examples
 //!