Remove ExprSlice by hacking the compiler

[breaking-change]

The `mut` in slices is now redundant. Mutability is 'inferred' from position. This means that if mutability is only obvious from the type, you will need to use explicit calls to the slicing methods.

src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use ast::{DeclLocal, DefaultBlock, UnDeref, BiDiv, EMPTY_CTXT, EnumDef, Explicit
 use ast::{Expr, Expr_, ExprAddrOf, ExprMatch, ExprAgain};
 use ast::{ExprAssign, ExprAssignOp, ExprBinary, ExprBlock, ExprBox};
 use ast::{ExprBreak, ExprCall, ExprCast};
-use ast::{ExprField, ExprTupField, ExprClosure, ExprIf, ExprIfLet, ExprIndex, ExprSlice};
+use ast::{ExprField, ExprTupField, ExprClosure, ExprIf, ExprIfLet, ExprIndex};
 use ast::{ExprLit, ExprLoop, ExprMac, ExprRange};
 use ast::{ExprMethodCall, ExprParen, ExprPath};
 use ast::{ExprRepeat, ExprRet, ExprStruct, ExprTup, ExprUnary};
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ use ast::{ViewPath, ViewPathGlob, ViewPathList, ViewPathSimple};
 use ast::{Visibility, WhereClause};
 use ast;
 use ast_util::{mod, as_prec, ident_to_path, operator_prec};
-use codemap::{mod, Span, BytePos, Spanned, spanned, mk_sp};
+use codemap::{mod, Span, BytePos, Spanned, spanned, mk_sp, DUMMY_SP};
 use diagnostic;
 use ext::tt::macro_parser;
 use parse;
@@ -2135,9 +2135,16 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     expr: P<Expr>,
                     start: Option<P<Expr>>,
                     end: Option<P<Expr>>,
-                    mutbl: Mutability)
+                    _mutbl: Mutability)
                     -> ast::Expr_ {
-        ExprSlice(expr, start, end, mutbl)
+        // FIXME: we could give more accurate span info here.
+        let (lo, hi) = match (&start, &end) {
+            (&Some(ref s), &Some(ref e)) => (s.span.lo, e.span.hi),
+            (&Some(ref s), &None) => (s.span.lo, s.span.hi),
+            (&None, &Some(ref e)) => (e.span.lo, e.span.hi),
+            (&None, &None) => (DUMMY_SP.lo, DUMMY_SP.hi),
+        };
+        ExprIndex(expr, self.mk_expr(lo, hi, ExprRange(start, end)))
     }
 
     pub fn mk_range(&mut self,