Remove support for compiler plugins.

They've been deprecated for four years.

This commit includes the following changes.
- It eliminates the `rustc_plugin_impl` crate.
- It changes the language used for lints in
  `compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs` and
  `compiler/rustc_lint/src/context.rs`. External lints are now called
  "loaded" lints, rather than "plugins" to avoid confusion with the old
  plugins. This only has a tiny effect on the output of `-W help`.
- E0457 and E0498 are no longer used.
- E0463 is narrowed, now only relating to unfound crates, not plugins.
- The `plugin` feature was moved from "active" to "removed".
- It removes the entire plugins chapter from the unstable book.
- It removes quite a few tests, mostly all of those in
  `tests/ui-fulldeps/plugin/`.

Closes #29597.
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Nicholas Nethercote 2023-10-03 13:54:17 +11:00
parent ab161d1f5d
commit 5c462a32bd
101 changed files with 57 additions and 1712 deletions

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#### Note: this error code is no longer emitted by the compiler`
Plugin `..` only found in rlib format, but must be available in dylib format.
Erroneous code example:

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A plugin/crate was declared but cannot be found.
A crate was declared but cannot be found.
Erroneous code example:
```compile_fail,E0463
#![feature(plugin)]
#![plugin(cookie_monster)] // error: can't find crate for `cookie_monster`
extern crate cake_is_a_lie; // error: can't find crate for `cake_is_a_lie`
extern crate foo; // error: can't find crate
```
You need to link your code to the relevant crate in order to be able to use it
(through Cargo or the `-L` option of rustc example). Plugins are crates as
well, and you link to them the same way.
(through Cargo or the `-L` option of rustc, for example).
## Common causes

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#### Note: this error code is no longer emitted by the compiler.
The `plugin` attribute was malformed.
Erroneous code example:
```compile_fail,E0498
```ignore (E0498 is no longer emitted)
#![feature(plugin)]
#![plugin(foo(args))] // error: invalid argument
#![plugin(bar="test")] // error: invalid argument