Implementation of the SE-130 proposal.

benchmark/single-source/StringTests.swift

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import TestsUtils
 
 public func run_StringWithCString(_ N: Int) {
-  let str = String(repeating: "x" as UnicodeScalar, count: 100 * (1 << 16))
+  let str = String(repeating: "x", count: 100 * (1 << 16))
   for _ in 0 ..< N {
     str.withCString { _ in }
   }

stdlib/public/core/String.swift

@@ -651,8 +651,9 @@ extension String {
   ///
   /// - Complexity: Appending a Unicode scalar to a string averages to O(1)
   ///   over many additions.
+  @available(*, unavailable, message: "Replaced by append(_: String)")
   public mutating func append(_ x: UnicodeScalar) {
-    _core.append(x)
+    Builtin.unreachable()
   }
 
   public // SPI(Foundation)

stdlib/public/core/StringLegacy.swift

@@ -22,15 +22,9 @@ extension String {
   ///     let zeroes = String("0" as Character, count: 10)
   ///     print(zeroes)
   ///     // Prints "0000000000"
+  @available(*, unavailable, message: "Replaced by init(repeating: String, count: Int)")
   public init(repeating repeatedValue: Character, count: Int) {
-    let s = String(repeatedValue)
-    self = String(_storage: _StringBuffer(
-        capacity: s._core.count * count,
-        initialSize: 0,
-        elementWidth: s._core.elementWidth))
-    for _ in 0..<count {
-      self += s
-    }
+    Builtin.unreachable()
   }
 
   /// Creates a string representing the given Unicode scalar repeated the
@@ -42,12 +36,37 @@ extension String {
   ///     let zeroes = String("0" as UnicodeScalar, count: 10)
   ///     print(zeroes)
   ///     // Prints "0000000000"
+
+  @available(*, unavailable, message: "Replaced by init(repeating: String, count: Int)")
   public init(repeating repeatedValue: UnicodeScalar, count: Int) {
-    self = String._fromWellFormedCodeUnitSequence(
-      UTF32.self,
-      input: repeatElement(repeatedValue.value, count: count))
+    Builtin.unreachable()
   }
-
+
+  /// Creates a string representing the given string repeated the
+  /// specified number of times.
+  ///
+  /// For example, use this initializer to create a string with ten `"00"`
+  /// strings in a row.
+  ///
+  ///     let zeroes = String(repeating: "00", count: 10)
+  ///     print(zeroes)
+  ///     // Prints "00000000000000000000"
+  public init(repeating repeatedValue: String, count: Int) {
+    if count == 0 {
+      self = ""
+      return
+    }
+    precondition(count > 0, "Negative count not allowed")
+    let s = repeatedValue
+    self = String(_storage: _StringBuffer(
+        capacity: s._core.count * count,
+        initialSize: 0,
+        elementWidth: s._core.elementWidth))
+    for _ in 0..<count {
+      self += s
+    }
+  }
+
   public var _lines : [String] {
     return _split(separator: "\n")
   }
@@ -65,7 +84,9 @@ extension String {
 
 extension String {
   public init(_ _c: UnicodeScalar) {
-    self = String(repeating: _c, count: 1)
+    self = String._fromWellFormedCodeUnitSequence(
+      UTF32.self,
+      input: repeatElement(_c.value, count: 1))
   }
 }
 

test/1_stdlib/Renames.swift

@@ -462,9 +462,15 @@ func _StringCharacterView<S, C>(x: String.CharacterView, s: S, c: C, i: String.C
   x.appendContentsOf(s) // expected-error {{'appendContentsOf' has been renamed to 'append(contentsOf:)'}} {{5-21=append}} {{22-22=contentsOf: }} {{none}}
 }
 
+func _StringAppend(s: inout String, u: UnicodeScalar) {
+  s.append(u) // expected-error {{'append' is unavailable: Replaced by append(_: String)}} {{none}}
+}
+
 func _StringLegacy(c: Character, u: UnicodeScalar) {
   _ = String(count: 1, repeatedValue: c) // expected-error {{'init(count:repeatedValue:)' is unavailable: Renamed to init(repeating:count:) and reordered parameters}} {{none}}
   _ = String(count: 1, repeatedValue: u) // expected-error {{'init(count:repeatedValue:)' is unavailable: Renamed to init(repeating:count:) and reordered parameters}} {{none}}
+  _ = String(repeating: c, count: 1) // expected-error {{'init(repeating:count:)' is unavailable: Replaced by init(repeating: String, count: Int)}} {{none}}
+  _ = String(repeating: u, count: 1) // expected-error {{'init(repeating:count:)' is unavailable: Replaced by init(repeating: String, count: Int)}} {{none}}
 }
 
 func _Unicode() {

validation-test/stdlib/String.swift

@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ StringTests.test("appendToSubstring") {
           sliceEnd < sliceStart {
           continue
         }
-        var s0 = String(repeating: UnicodeScalar("x"), count: initialSize)
+        var s0 = String(repeating: "x", count: initialSize)
         let originalIdentity = s0.bufferID
         s0 = s0[s0.index(_nth: sliceStart)..<s0.index(_nth: sliceEnd)]
         expectEqual(originalIdentity, s0.bufferID)
@@ -417,11 +417,15 @@ StringTests.test("appendToSubstring") {
         // and we could get some unused capacity in the buffer.  In that case,
         // the identity would not change.
         if sliceEnd != initialSize {
-          expectNotEqual(originalIdentity, s0.bufferID)
+          if sliceStart != sliceEnd {
+            expectNotEqual(originalIdentity, s0.bufferID)
+          } else {
+            expectEqual(0, s0.bufferID)
+          }
         }
         expectEqual(
           String(
-            repeating: UnicodeScalar("x"),
+            repeating: "x",
             count: sliceEnd - sliceStart + 1),
           s0)
       }
@@ -450,8 +454,8 @@ StringTests.test("appendToSubstringBug") {
   let prefixSize = size - suffixSize
   for i in 1..<10 {
     // We will be overflowing s0 with s1.
-    var s0 = String(repeating: UnicodeScalar("x"), count: size)
-    let s1 = String(repeating: UnicodeScalar("x"), count: prefixSize)
+    var s0 = String(repeating: "x", count: size)
+    let s1 = String(repeating: "x", count: prefixSize)
     let originalIdentity = s0.bufferID
 
     // Turn s0 into a slice that points to the end.
@@ -460,16 +464,22 @@ StringTests.test("appendToSubstringBug") {
     // Slicing should not reallocate.
     expectEqual(originalIdentity, s0.bufferID)
 
+    let originalCapacity = s0.capacity
+
     // Overflow.
     s0 += s1
 
-    // We should correctly determine that the storage is too small and
+    // We should correctly determine if the storage is too small and
     // reallocate.
-    expectNotEqual(originalIdentity, s0.bufferID)
+    if originalCapacity < suffixSize + prefixSize {
+      expectNotEqual(originalIdentity, s0.bufferID)
+    } else {
+      expectEqual(originalIdentity, s0.bufferID)
+    }
 
     expectEqual(
       String(
-        repeating: UnicodeScalar("x"),
+        repeating: "x",
         count: suffixSize + prefixSize),
       s0)
   }
@@ -553,15 +563,15 @@ StringTests.test("COW/removeSubrange/end") {
     expectEqual("12345678", slice)
 
     // No more reallocations are expected.
-    str.append(UnicodeScalar("x"))
+    str.append("x")
     str.removeSubrange(str.index(_nthLast: 1)..<str.endIndex)
     expectEqual(heapStrIdentity, str.bufferID)
     expectEqual(literalIdentity, slice.bufferID)
     expectEqual("1234567", str)
     expectEqual("12345678", slice)
 
     str.removeSubrange(str.index(_nthLast: 1)..<str.endIndex)
-    str.append(UnicodeScalar("x"))
+    str.append("x")
     str.removeSubrange(str.index(_nthLast: 1)..<str.endIndex)
     expectEqual(heapStrIdentity, str.bufferID)
     expectEqual(literalIdentity, slice.bufferID)
@@ -589,15 +599,15 @@ StringTests.test("COW/removeSubrange/end") {
     expectEqual("123456", slice)
 
     // No more reallocations are expected.
-    str.append(UnicodeScalar("x"))
+    str.append("x")
     str.removeSubrange(str.index(_nthLast: 1)..<str.endIndex)
     expectEqual(heapStrIdentity, str.bufferID)
     expectEqual(heapStrIdentity1, slice.bufferID)
     expectEqual("12345", str)
     expectEqual("123456", slice)
 
     str.removeSubrange(str.index(_nthLast: 1)..<str.endIndex)
-    str.append(UnicodeScalar("x"))
+    str.append("x")
     str.removeSubrange(str.index(_nthLast: 1)..<str.endIndex)
     expectEqual(heapStrIdentity, str.bufferID)
     expectEqual(heapStrIdentity1, slice.bufferID)
@@ -1159,25 +1169,25 @@ StringTests.test("String.append(_: UnicodeScalar)") {
   do {
     // U+0061 LATIN SMALL LETTER A
     let input: UnicodeScalar = "\u{61}"
-    s.append(input)
+    s.append(String(input))
     expectEqual(["\u{61}"], Array(s.unicodeScalars))
   }
   do {
     // U+304B HIRAGANA LETTER KA
     let input: UnicodeScalar = "\u{304b}"
-    s.append(input)
+    s.append(String(input))
     expectEqual(["\u{61}", "\u{304b}"], Array(s.unicodeScalars))
   }
   do {
     // U+3099 COMBINING KATAKANA-HIRAGANA VOICED SOUND MARK
     let input: UnicodeScalar = "\u{3099}"
-    s.append(input)
+    s.append(String(input))
     expectEqual(["\u{61}", "\u{304b}", "\u{3099}"], Array(s.unicodeScalars))
   }
   do {
     // U+1F425 FRONT-FACING BABY CHICK
     let input: UnicodeScalar = "\u{1f425}"
-    s.append(input)
+    s.append(String(input))
     expectEqual(
       ["\u{61}", "\u{304b}", "\u{3099}", "\u{1f425}"],
       Array(s.unicodeScalars))