cleanup: `&foo[0..a]` -> `&foo[..a]`

44 files changed, 104 insertions, 105 deletions

diff --git a/src/libcollections/slice.rs b/src/libcollections/slice.rs
index 9a1f22ef7a6..4812ecc2c0b 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/slice.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/slice.rs
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_slice_from() {
         let vec: &[int] = &[1, 2, 3, 4];
-        assert_eq!(&vec[0..], vec);
+        assert_eq!(&vec[], vec);
         let b: &[int] = &[3, 4];
         assert_eq!(&vec[2..], b);
         let b: &[int] = &[];
@@ -1641,11 +1641,11 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_slice_to() {
         let vec: &[int] = &[1, 2, 3, 4];
-        assert_eq!(&vec[0..4], vec);
+        assert_eq!(&vec[..4], vec);
         let b: &[int] = &[1, 2];
-        assert_eq!(&vec[0..2], b);
+        assert_eq!(&vec[..2], b);
         let b: &[int] = &[];
-        assert_eq!(&vec[0..0], b);
+        assert_eq!(&vec[..0], b);
     }
 
 
@@ -2538,7 +2538,7 @@ mod tests {
             let (left, right) = values.split_at_mut(2);
             {
                 let left: &[_] = left;
-                assert!(left[0..left.len()] == [1, 2][]);
+                assert!(left[..left.len()] == [1, 2][]);
             }
             for p in left.iter_mut() {
                 *p += 1;
@@ -2546,7 +2546,7 @@ mod tests {
 
             {
                 let right: &[_] = right;
-                assert!(right[0..right.len()] == [3, 4, 5][]);
+                assert!(right[..right.len()] == [3, 4, 5][]);
             }
             for p in right.iter_mut() {
                 *p += 2;
diff --git a/src/libcollections/str.rs b/src/libcollections/str.rs
index ccf654ac0a0..96c73981e36 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/str.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/str.rs
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<FullRange, Output = str> {
     /// out of bounds.
     ///
     /// See also `slice`, `slice_from` and `slice_chars`.
-    #[unstable = "use slice notation [0..a] instead"]
+    #[unstable = "use slice notation [..a] instead"]
     fn slice_to(&self, end: uint) -> &str {
         core_str::StrExt::slice_to(&self[], end)
     }
diff --git a/src/libcollections/string.rs b/src/libcollections/string.rs
index e30e7e8600d..c845d86ca0f 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/string.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/string.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ impl String {
 
         if i > 0 {
             unsafe {
-                res.as_mut_vec().push_all(&v[0..i])
+                res.as_mut_vec().push_all(&v[..i])
             };
         }
 
diff --git a/src/libcore/fmt/float.rs b/src/libcore/fmt/float.rs
index 0ffcb014c28..f1b9ebe6d90 100644
--- a/src/libcore/fmt/float.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/fmt/float.rs
@@ -332,5 +332,5 @@ pub fn float_to_str_bytes_common<T: Float, U, F>(
         }
     }
 
-    f(unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(&buf[0..end]) })
+    f(unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(&buf[..end]) })
 }
diff --git a/src/libcore/fmt/mod.rs b/src/libcore/fmt/mod.rs
index a0ec9e5f151..20ac3e28c97 100644
--- a/src/libcore/fmt/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/fmt/mod.rs
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ impl<'a> Formatter<'a> {
             for c in sign.into_iter() {
                 let mut b = [0; 4];
                 let n = c.encode_utf8(&mut b).unwrap_or(0);
-                let b = unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(&b[0..n]) };
+                let b = unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(&b[..n]) };
                 try!(f.buf.write_str(b));
             }
             if prefixed { f.buf.write_str(prefix) }
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ impl String for char {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result {
         let mut utf8 = [0u8; 4];
         let amt = self.encode_utf8(&mut utf8).unwrap_or(0);
-        let s: &str = unsafe { mem::transmute(&utf8[0..amt]) };
+        let s: &str = unsafe { mem::transmute(&utf8[..amt]) };
         String::fmt(s, f)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libcore/slice.rs b/src/libcore/slice.rs
index 7e47c5257a3..22da168911d 100644
--- a/src/libcore/slice.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/slice.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ impl<T> SliceExt for [T] {
 
     #[inline]
     fn split_at(&self, mid: uint) -> (&[T], &[T]) {
-        (&self[0..mid], &self[mid..])
+        (&self[..mid], &self[mid..])
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ impl<T> SliceExt for [T] {
 
     #[inline]
     fn init(&self) -> &[T] {
-        &self[0..(self.len() - 1)]
+        &self[..(self.len() - 1)]
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ impl<T> SliceExt for [T] {
     #[inline]
     fn starts_with(&self, needle: &[T]) -> bool where T: PartialEq {
         let n = needle.len();
-        self.len() >= n && needle == &self[0..n]
+        self.len() >= n && needle == &self[..n]
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ impl<'a, T, P> Iterator for Split<'a, T, P> where P: FnMut(&T) -> bool {
         match self.v.iter().position(|x| (self.pred)(x)) {
             None => self.finish(),
             Some(idx) => {
-                let ret = Some(&self.v[0..idx]);
+                let ret = Some(&self.v[..idx]);
                 self.v = &self.v[(idx + 1)..];
                 ret
             }
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ impl<'a, T, P> DoubleEndedIterator for Split<'a, T, P> where P: FnMut(&T) -> boo
             None => self.finish(),
             Some(idx) => {
                 let ret = Some(&self.v[(idx + 1)..]);
-                self.v = &self.v[0..idx];
+                self.v = &self.v[..idx];
                 ret
             }
         }
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ impl<'a, T> Iterator for Windows<'a, T> {
         if self.size > self.v.len() {
             None
         } else {
-            let ret = Some(&self.v[0..self.size]);
+            let ret = Some(&self.v[..self.size]);
             self.v = &self.v[1..];
             ret
         }
diff --git a/src/libcore/str/mod.rs b/src/libcore/str/mod.rs
index 94ee9b7dcf6..d9cf6dc086d 100644
--- a/src/libcore/str/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/str/mod.rs
@@ -701,10 +701,10 @@ impl TwoWaySearcher {
         //
         // What's going on is we have some critical factorization (u, v) of the
         // needle, and we want to determine whether u is a suffix of
-        // &v[0..period]. If it is, we use "Algorithm CP1". Otherwise we use
+        // &v[..period]. If it is, we use "Algorithm CP1". Otherwise we use
         // "Algorithm CP2", which is optimized for when the period of the needle
         // is large.
-        if &needle[0..crit_pos] == &needle[period.. period + crit_pos] {
+        if &needle[..crit_pos] == &needle[period.. period + crit_pos] {
             TwoWaySearcher {
                 crit_pos: crit_pos,
                 period: period,
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ impl StrExt for str {
     #[inline]
     fn starts_with(&self, needle: &str) -> bool {
         let n = needle.len();
-        self.len() >= n && needle.as_bytes() == &self.as_bytes()[0..n]
+        self.len() >= n && needle.as_bytes() == &self.as_bytes()[..n]
     }
 
     #[inline]
diff --git a/src/libcoretest/char.rs b/src/libcoretest/char.rs
index 7b6b4f84808..2e29b1c41c4 100644
--- a/src/libcoretest/char.rs
+++ b/src/libcoretest/char.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ fn test_encode_utf8() {
     fn check(input: char, expect: &[u8]) {
         let mut buf = [0u8; 4];
         let n = input.encode_utf8(buf.as_mut_slice()).unwrap_or(0);
-        assert_eq!(&buf[0..n], expect);
+        assert_eq!(&buf[..n], expect);
     }
 
     check('x', &[0x78]);
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ fn test_encode_utf16() {
     fn check(input: char, expect: &[u16]) {
         let mut buf = [0u16; 2];
         let n = input.encode_utf16(buf.as_mut_slice()).unwrap_or(0);
-        assert_eq!(&buf[0..n], expect);
+        assert_eq!(&buf[..n], expect);
     }
 
     check('x', &[0x0078]);
diff --git a/src/libcoretest/iter.rs b/src/libcoretest/iter.rs
index 61266a92649..26819bf9209 100644
--- a/src/libcoretest/iter.rs
+++ b/src/libcoretest/iter.rs
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ fn test_iterator_len() {
     let v: &[_] = &[0i, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];
     assert_eq!(v[..4].iter().count(), 4);
     assert_eq!(v[..10].iter().count(), 10);
-    assert_eq!(v[0..0].iter().count(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(v[..0].iter().count(), 0);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -296,31 +296,31 @@ fn test_iterator_sum() {
     let v: &[_] = &[0i, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];
     assert_eq!(v[..4].iter().map(|&x| x).sum(), 6);
     assert_eq!(v.iter().map(|&x| x).sum(), 55);
-    assert_eq!(v[0..0].iter().map(|&x| x).sum(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(v[..0].iter().map(|&x| x).sum(), 0);
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn test_iterator_product() {
     let v: &[_] = &[0i, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];
-    assert_eq!(v[0..4].iter().map(|&x| x).product(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(v[..4].iter().map(|&x| x).product(), 0);
     assert_eq!(v[1..5].iter().map(|&x| x).product(), 24);
-    assert_eq!(v[0..0].iter().map(|&x| x).product(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(v[..0].iter().map(|&x| x).product(), 1);
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn test_iterator_max() {
     let v: &[_] = &[0i, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];
-    assert_eq!(v[0..4].iter().map(|&x| x).max(), Some(3));
+    assert_eq!(v[..4].iter().map(|&x| x).max(), Some(3));
     assert_eq!(v.iter().map(|&x| x).max(), Some(10));
-    assert_eq!(v[0..0].iter().map(|&x| x).max(), None);
+    assert_eq!(v[..0].iter().map(|&x| x).max(), None);
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn test_iterator_min() {
     let v: &[_] = &[0i, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];
-    assert_eq!(v[0..4].iter().map(|&x| x).min(), Some(0));
+    assert_eq!(v[..4].iter().map(|&x| x).min(), Some(0));
     assert_eq!(v.iter().map(|&x| x).min(), Some(0));
-    assert_eq!(v[0..0].iter().map(|&x| x).min(), None);
+    assert_eq!(v[..0].iter().map(|&x| x).min(), None);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ fn test_all() {
     assert!(v.iter().all(|&x| x < 10));
     assert!(!v.iter().all(|&x| x % 2 == 0));
     assert!(!v.iter().all(|&x| x > 100));
-    assert!(v[0..0].iter().all(|_| panic!()));
+    assert!(v[..0].iter().all(|_| panic!()));
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ fn test_any() {
     assert!(v.iter().any(|&x| x < 10));
     assert!(v.iter().any(|&x| x % 2 == 0));
     assert!(!v.iter().any(|&x| x > 100));
-    assert!(!v[0..0].iter().any(|_| panic!()));
+    assert!(!v[..0].iter().any(|_| panic!()));
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/src/libfmt_macros/lib.rs b/src/libfmt_macros/lib.rs
index 70ad8d28d27..85944ccc551 100644
--- a/src/libfmt_macros/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libfmt_macros/lib.rs
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             flags: 0,
             precision: CountImplied,
             width: CountImplied,
-            ty: &self.input[0..0],
+            ty: &self.input[..0],
         };
         if !self.consume(':') { return spec }
 
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 self.cur.next();
                 pos
             }
-            Some(..) | None => { return &self.input[0..0]; }
+            Some(..) | None => { return &self.input[..0]; }
         };
         let mut end;
         loop {
diff --git a/src/librand/lib.rs b/src/librand/lib.rs
index 4d605253ab0..8430ee81c32 100644
--- a/src/librand/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librand/lib.rs
@@ -270,8 +270,7 @@ pub trait Rng : Sized {
     /// let choices = [1i, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32];
     /// let mut rng = thread_rng();
     /// println!("{:?}", rng.choose(&choices));
-    /// # // uncomment when slicing syntax is stable
-    /// //assert_eq!(rng.choose(&choices[0..0]), None);
+    /// assert_eq!(rng.choose(&choices[..0]), None);
     /// ```
     fn choose<'a, T>(&mut self, values: &'a [T]) -> Option<&'a T> {
         if values.is_empty() {
diff --git a/src/librbml/io.rs b/src/librbml/io.rs
index bdc00d7db97..f39860c8695 100644
--- a/src/librbml/io.rs
+++ b/src/librbml/io.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ impl Writer for SeekableMemWriter {
             // there (left), and what will be appended on the end (right)
             let cap = self.buf.len() - self.pos;
             let (left, right) = if cap <= buf.len() {
-                (&buf[0..cap], &buf[cap..])
+                (&buf[..cap], &buf[cap..])
             } else {
                 let result: (_, &[_]) = (buf, &[]);
                 result
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/check_match.rs b/src/librustc/middle/check_match.rs
index 43f39a67f5c..a1a90395b3b 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/check_match.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/check_match.rs
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ pub fn specialize<'a>(cx: &MatchCheckCtxt, r: &[&'a Pat],
         }
     };
     head.map(|mut head| {
-        head.push_all(&r[0..col]);
+        head.push_all(&r[..col]);
         head.push_all(&r[(col + 1)..]);
         head
     })
diff --git a/src/librustc/util/ppaux.rs b/src/librustc/util/ppaux.rs
index 559ec533baa..1a1ad899d4e 100644
--- a/src/librustc/util/ppaux.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/util/ppaux.rs
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ pub fn parameterized<'tcx>(cx: &ctxt<'tcx>,
         0
     };
 
-    for t in tps[0..(tps.len() - num_defaults)].iter() {
+    for t in tps[..(tps.len() - num_defaults)].iter() {
         strs.push(ty_to_string(cx, *t))
     }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_back/sha2.rs b/src/librustc_back/sha2.rs
index ac5662f534c..e376ac50dcd 100644
--- a/src/librustc_back/sha2.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_back/sha2.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ impl FixedBuffer for FixedBuffer64 {
             if input.len() >= buffer_remaining {
                     copy_memory(
                         self.buffer.slice_mut(self.buffer_idx, size),
-                        &input[0..buffer_remaining]);
+                        &input[..buffer_remaining]);
                 self.buffer_idx = 0;
                 func(&self.buffer);
                 i += buffer_remaining;
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ impl FixedBuffer for FixedBuffer64 {
     fn full_buffer<'s>(&'s mut self) -> &'s [u8] {
         assert!(self.buffer_idx == 64);
         self.buffer_idx = 0;
-        return &self.buffer[0..64];
+        return &self.buffer[..64];
     }
 
     fn position(&self) -> uint { self.buffer_idx }
diff --git a/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs b/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
index ea6ecfbb92b..ae55f8fb3aa 100644
--- a/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
@@ -2081,7 +2081,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Resolver<'a, 'tcx> {
                                             // idx +- 1 to account for the
                                             // colons on either side
                                             &mpath[(idx + 1)..],
-                                            &mpath[0..(idx - 1)]);
+                                            &mpath[..(idx - 1)]);
                         return Failed(Some((span, msg)));
                     },
                     None => {
diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/back/lto.rs b/src/librustc_trans/back/lto.rs
index b6a6b526fac..d7148bdaa1f 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/back/lto.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/back/lto.rs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ pub fn run(sess: &session::Session, llmod: ModuleRef,
 fn is_versioned_bytecode_format(bc: &[u8]) -> bool {
     let magic_id_byte_count = link::RLIB_BYTECODE_OBJECT_MAGIC.len();
     return bc.len() > magic_id_byte_count &&
-           &bc[0..magic_id_byte_count] == link::RLIB_BYTECODE_OBJECT_MAGIC;
+           &bc[..magic_id_byte_count] == link::RLIB_BYTECODE_OBJECT_MAGIC;
 }
 
 fn extract_bytecode_format_version(bc: &[u8]) -> u32 {
diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/save/mod.rs b/src/librustc_trans/save/mod.rs
index 1bd8e018174..815a6fe846d 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/save/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/save/mod.rs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ impl <'l, 'tcx> DxrVisitor<'l, 'tcx> {
         if len <= 2 {
             return;
         }
-        let sub_paths = &sub_paths[0..(len-2)];
+        let sub_paths = &sub_paths[..(len-2)];
         for &(ref span, ref qualname) in sub_paths.iter() {
             self.fmt.sub_mod_ref_str(path.span,
                                      *span,
diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/save/recorder.rs b/src/librustc_trans/save/recorder.rs
index 23598751c08..11f8fbbaf11 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/save/recorder.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/save/recorder.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ impl<'a> FmtStrs<'a> {
         let values = values.iter().map(|s| {
             // Never take more than 1020 chars
             if s.len() > 1020 {
-                &s[0..1020]
+                &s[..1020]
             } else {
                 &s[]
             }
diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/trans/_match.rs b/src/librustc_trans/trans/_match.rs
index fc19a582db2..f182045efd2 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/trans/_match.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/trans/_match.rs
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ fn enter_default<'a, 'p, 'blk, 'tcx>(bcx: Block<'blk, 'tcx>,
     // Collect all of the matches that can match against anything.
     enter_match(bcx, dm, m, col, val, |pats| {
         if pat_is_binding_or_wild(dm, &*pats[col]) {
-            let mut r = pats[0..col].to_vec();
+            let mut r = pats[..col].to_vec();
             r.push_all(&pats[(col + 1)..]);
             Some(r)
         } else {
diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/trans/builder.rs b/src/librustc_trans/trans/builder.rs
index b80088e4690..75194e3d21f 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/trans/builder.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/trans/builder.rs
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
             for (small_vec_e, &ix) in small_vec.iter_mut().zip(ixs.iter()) {
                 *small_vec_e = C_i32(self.ccx, ix as i32);
             }
-            self.inbounds_gep(base, &small_vec[0..ixs.len()])
+            self.inbounds_gep(base, &small_vec[..ixs.len()])
         } else {
             let v = ixs.iter().map(|i| C_i32(self.ccx, *i as i32)).collect::<Vec<ValueRef>>();
             self.count_insn("gepi");
diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/trans/debuginfo.rs b/src/librustc_trans/trans/debuginfo.rs
index 2f58baab7fc..f2fb0863b5a 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/trans/debuginfo.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/trans/debuginfo.rs
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ pub fn create_captured_var_metadata<'blk, 'tcx>(bcx: Block<'blk, 'tcx>,
 
     let variable_access = IndirectVariable {
         alloca: env_pointer,
-        address_operations: &address_operations[0..address_op_count]
+        address_operations: &address_operations[..address_op_count]
     };
 
     declare_local(bcx,
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
index 00f7c570b5d..bfa35448028 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ fn path<F, G>(w: &mut fmt::Formatter,
         match rel_root {
             Some(root) => {
                 let mut root = String::from_str(root.as_slice());
-                for seg in path.segments[0..amt].iter() {
+                for seg in path.segments[..amt].iter() {
                     if "super" == seg.name ||
                             "self" == seg.name {
                         try!(write!(w, "{}::", seg.name));
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ fn path<F, G>(w: &mut fmt::Formatter,
                 }
             }
             None => {
-                for seg in path.segments[0..amt].iter() {
+                for seg in path.segments[..amt].iter() {
                     try!(write!(w, "{}::", seg.name));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/libserialize/json.rs b/src/libserialize/json.rs
index 62acef2ca1c..41499b5ae0e 100644
--- a/src/libserialize/json.rs
+++ b/src/libserialize/json.rs
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ fn escape_str(wr: &mut fmt::Writer, v: &str) -> fmt::Result {
 fn escape_char(writer: &mut fmt::Writer, v: char) -> fmt::Result {
     let mut buf = [0; 4];
     let n = v.encode_utf8(&mut buf).unwrap();
-    let buf = unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(&buf[0..n]) };
+    let buf = unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(&buf[..n]) };
     escape_str(writer, buf)
 }
 
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ fn spaces(wr: &mut fmt::Writer, mut n: uint) -> fmt::Result {
     }
 
     if n > 0 {
-        wr.write_str(&BUF[0..n])
+        wr.write_str(&BUF[..n])
     } else {
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/libstd/io/buffered.rs b/src/libstd/io/buffered.rs
index 36def48b88b..60e2641ed8c 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/buffered.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/buffered.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ impl<R: Reader> Reader for BufferedReader<R> {
         let nread = {
             let available = try!(self.fill_buf());
             let nread = cmp::min(available.len(), buf.len());
-            slice::bytes::copy_memory(buf, &available[0..nread]);
+            slice::bytes::copy_memory(buf, &available[..nread]);
             nread
         };
         self.pos += nread;
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ impl<W: Writer> BufferedWriter<W> {
 
     fn flush_buf(&mut self) -> IoResult<()> {
         if self.pos != 0 {
-            let ret = self.inner.as_mut().unwrap().write(&self.buf[0..self.pos]);
+            let ret = self.inner.as_mut().unwrap().write(&self.buf[..self.pos]);
             self.pos = 0;
             ret
         } else {
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ impl<W: Writer> Writer for LineBufferedWriter<W> {
     fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> IoResult<()> {
         match buf.iter().rposition(|&b| b == b'\n') {
             Some(i) => {
-                try!(self.inner.write(&buf[0..(i + 1)]));
+                try!(self.inner.write(&buf[..(i + 1)]));
                 try!(self.inner.flush());
                 try!(self.inner.write(&buf[(i + 1)..]));
                 Ok(())
diff --git a/src/libstd/io/comm_adapters.rs b/src/libstd/io/comm_adapters.rs
index b578f4d5adc..4b0014c68f7 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/comm_adapters.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/comm_adapters.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ impl Reader for ChanReader {
                 Some(src) => {
                     let dst = buf.slice_from_mut(num_read);
                     let count = cmp::min(src.len(), dst.len());
-                    bytes::copy_memory(dst, &src[0..count]);
+                    bytes::copy_memory(dst, &src[..count]);
                     count
                 },
                 None => 0,
diff --git a/src/libstd/io/fs.rs b/src/libstd/io/fs.rs
index dbccc81c4cc..64406d88253 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/fs.rs
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ mod test {
             let mut read_buf = [0; 1028];
             let read_str = match check!(read_stream.read(&mut read_buf)) {
                 -1|0 => panic!("shouldn't happen"),
-                n => str::from_utf8(&read_buf[0..n]).unwrap().to_string()
+                n => str::from_utf8(&read_buf[..n]).unwrap().to_string()
             };
             assert_eq!(read_str.as_slice(), message);
         }
diff --git a/src/libstd/io/mem.rs b/src/libstd/io/mem.rs
index c5e289398e0..ee05a9e5596 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/mem.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/mem.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ impl<'a> Reader for &'a [u8] {
 
         let write_len = min(buf.len(), self.len());
         {
-            let input = &self[0..write_len];
+            let input = &self[..write_len];
             let output = buf.slice_to_mut(write_len);
             slice::bytes::copy_memory(output, input);
         }
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ impl<'a> Writer for BufWriter<'a> {
 
             Ok(())
         } else {
-            slice::bytes::copy_memory(dst, &src[0..dst_len]);
+            slice::bytes::copy_memory(dst, &src[..dst_len]);
 
             self.pos += dst_len;
 
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(buf, b);
         assert_eq!(reader.read(&mut buf), Ok(3));
         let b: &[_] = &[5, 6, 7];
-        assert_eq!(&buf[0..3], b);
+        assert_eq!(&buf[..3], b);
         assert!(reader.read(&mut buf).is_err());
         let mut reader = MemReader::new(vec!(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7));
         assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), vec!(0, 1, 2, 3));
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(buf.as_slice(), b);
         assert_eq!(reader.read(&mut buf), Ok(3));
         let b: &[_] = &[5, 6, 7];
-        assert_eq!(&buf[0..3], b);
+        assert_eq!(&buf[..3], b);
         assert!(reader.read(&mut buf).is_err());
         let mut reader = &mut in_buf.as_slice();
         assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), vec!(0, 1, 2, 3));
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(buf, b);
         assert_eq!(reader.read(&mut buf), Ok(3));
         let b: &[_] = &[5, 6, 7];
-        assert_eq!(&buf[0..3], b);
+        assert_eq!(&buf[..3], b);
         assert!(reader.read(&mut buf).is_err());
         let mut reader = BufReader::new(in_buf.as_slice());
         assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), vec!(0, 1, 2, 3));
diff --git a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
index 3968dda2a82..bab4dafd090 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ pub trait Writer {
     fn write_char(&mut self, c: char) -> IoResult<()> {
         let mut buf = [0u8; 4];
         let n = c.encode_utf8(buf.as_mut_slice()).unwrap_or(0);
-        self.write(&buf[0..n])
+        self.write(&buf[..n])
     }
 
     /// Write the result of passing n through `int::to_str_bytes`.
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ pub trait Buffer: Reader {
                 };
                 match available.iter().position(|&b| b == byte) {
                     Some(i) => {
-                        res.push_all(&available[0..(i + 1)]);
+                        res.push_all(&available[..(i + 1)]);
                         used = i + 1;
                         break
                     }
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ pub trait Buffer: Reader {
                 }
             }
         }
-        match str::from_utf8(&buf[0..width]).ok() {
+        match str::from_utf8(&buf[..width]).ok() {
             Some(s) => Ok(s.char_at(0)),
             None => Err(standard_error(InvalidInput))
         }
diff --git a/src/libstd/io/net/ip.rs b/src/libstd/io/net/ip.rs
index d09afea94dc..adc122ff447 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/net/ip.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/net/ip.rs
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
         let mut tail = [0u16; 8];
         let (tail_size, _) = read_groups(self, &mut tail, 8 - head_size);
-        Some(ipv6_addr_from_head_tail(&head[0..head_size], &tail[0..tail_size]))
+        Some(ipv6_addr_from_head_tail(&head[..head_size], &tail[..tail_size]))
     }
 
     fn read_ipv6_addr(&mut self) -> Option<IpAddr> {
diff --git a/src/libstd/io/util.rs b/src/libstd/io/util.rs
index ac7fb3f9cdb..adfd88644cc 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/util.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/util.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ impl<R: Reader> Reader for LimitReader<R> {
 impl<R: Buffer> Buffer for LimitReader<R> {
     fn fill_buf<'a>(&'a mut self) -> io::IoResult<&'a [u8]> {
         let amt = try!(self.inner.fill_buf());
-        let buf = &amt[0..cmp::min(amt.len(), self.limit)];
+        let buf = &amt[..cmp::min(amt.len(), self.limit)];
         if buf.len() == 0 {
             Err(io::standard_error(io::EndOfFile))
         } else {
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ impl<R: Reader, W: Writer> TeeReader<R, W> {
 impl<R: Reader, W: Writer> Reader for TeeReader<R, W> {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::IoResult<uint> {
         self.reader.read(buf).and_then(|len| {
-            self.writer.write(&mut buf[0..len]).map(|()| len)
+            self.writer.write(&mut buf[..len]).map(|()| len)
         })
     }
 }
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ pub fn copy<R: Reader, W: Writer>(r: &mut R, w: &mut W) -> io::IoResult<()> {
             Err(ref e) if e.kind == io::EndOfFile => return Ok(()),
             Err(e) => return Err(e),
         };
-        try!(w.write(&buf[0..len]));
+        try!(w.write(&buf[..len]));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/path/mod.rs b/src/libstd/path/mod.rs
index 1ec7b6b3edc..541f1e77140 100644
--- a/src/libstd/path/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/path/mod.rs
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ pub trait GenericPath: Clone + GenericPathUnsafe {
                 match name.rposition_elem(&dot) {
                     None | Some(0) => name,
                     Some(1) if name == b".." => name,
-                    Some(pos) => &name[0..pos]
+                    Some(pos) => &name[..pos]
                 }
             })
         }
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ pub trait GenericPath: Clone + GenericPathUnsafe {
             let extlen = extension.container_as_bytes().len();
             match (name.rposition_elem(&dot), extlen) {
                 (None, 0) | (Some(0), 0) => None,
-                (Some(idx), 0) => Some(name[0..idx].to_vec()),
+                (Some(idx), 0) => Some(name[..idx].to_vec()),
                 (idx, extlen) => {
                     let idx = match idx {
                         None | Some(0) => name.len(),
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ pub trait GenericPath: Clone + GenericPathUnsafe {
 
                     let mut v;
                     v = Vec::with_capacity(idx + extlen + 1);
-                    v.push_all(&name[0..idx]);
+                    v.push_all(&name[..idx]);
                     v.push(dot);
                     v.push_all(extension.container_as_bytes());
                     Some(v)
diff --git a/src/libstd/path/posix.rs b/src/libstd/path/posix.rs
index 293696d5cca..aab64639ab5 100644
--- a/src/libstd/path/posix.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/path/posix.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl GenericPathUnsafe for Path {
             }
             Some(idx) => {
                 let mut v = Vec::with_capacity(idx + 1 + filename.len());
-                v.push_all(&self.repr[0..(idx+1)]);
+                v.push_all(&self.repr[..(idx+1)]);
                 v.push_all(filename);
                 // FIXME: this is slow
                 self.repr = Path::normalize(v.as_slice());
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ impl GenericPath for Path {
         match self.sepidx {
             None if b".." == self.repr => self.repr.as_slice(),
             None => dot_static,
-            Some(0) => &self.repr[0..1],
+            Some(0) => &self.repr[..1],
             Some(idx) if &self.repr[(idx+1)..] == b".." => self.repr.as_slice(),
-            Some(idx) => &self.repr[0..idx]
+            Some(idx) => &self.repr[..idx]
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/path/windows.rs b/src/libstd/path/windows.rs
index 2a1f1794e49..3cff1c67be3 100644
--- a/src/libstd/path/windows.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/path/windows.rs
@@ -180,20 +180,20 @@ impl GenericPathUnsafe for Path {
             }
             Some((_,idxa,end)) if &self.repr[idxa..end] == ".." => {
                 let mut s = String::with_capacity(end + 1 + filename.len());
-                s.push_str(&self.repr[0..end]);
+                s.push_str(&self.repr[..end]);
                 s.push(SEP);
                 s.push_str(filename);
                 self.update_normalized(&s[]);
             }
             Some((idxb,idxa,_)) if self.prefix == Some(DiskPrefix) && idxa == self.prefix_len() => {
                 let mut s = String::with_capacity(idxb + filename.len());
-                s.push_str(&self.repr[0..idxb]);
+                s.push_str(&self.repr[..idxb]);
                 s.push_str(filename);
                 self.update_normalized(&s[]);
             }
             Some((idxb,_,_)) => {
                 let mut s = String::with_capacity(idxb + 1 + filename.len());
-                s.push_str(&self.repr[0..idxb]);
+                s.push_str(&self.repr[..idxb]);
                 s.push(SEP);
                 s.push_str(filename);
                 self.update_normalized(&s[]);
@@ -350,13 +350,13 @@ impl GenericPath for Path {
             Some((idxb,_,end)) if &self.repr[idxb..end] == "\\" => {
                 &self.repr[]
             }
-            Some((0,idxa,_)) => &self.repr[0..idxa],
+            Some((0,idxa,_)) => &self.repr[..idxa],
             Some((idxb,idxa,_)) => {
                 match self.prefix {
                     Some(DiskPrefix) | Some(VerbatimDiskPrefix) if idxb == self.prefix_len() => {
-                        &self.repr[0..idxa]
+                        &self.repr[..idxa]
                     }
-                    _ => &self.repr[0..idxb]
+                    _ => &self.repr[..idxb]
                 }
             }
         })
@@ -428,15 +428,15 @@ impl GenericPath for Path {
         if self.prefix.is_some() {
             Some(Path::new(match self.prefix {
                 Some(DiskPrefix) if self.is_absolute() => {
-                    &self.repr[0..(self.prefix_len()+1)]
+                    &self.repr[..(self.prefix_len()+1)]
                 }
                 Some(VerbatimDiskPrefix) => {
-                    &self.repr[0..(self.prefix_len()+1)]
+                    &self.repr[..(self.prefix_len()+1)]
                 }
-                _ => &self.repr[0..self.prefix_len()]
+                _ => &self.repr[..self.prefix_len()]
             }))
         } else if is_vol_relative(self) {
-            Some(Path::new(&self.repr[0..1]))
+            Some(Path::new(&self.repr[..1]))
         } else {
             None
         }
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ impl Path {
             }
             (None, None) => true,
             (a, b) if a == b => {
-                &s_repr[0..self.prefix_len()] == &o_repr[0..other.prefix_len()]
+                &s_repr[..self.prefix_len()] == &o_repr[..other.prefix_len()]
             }
             _ => false
         }
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ impl Path {
                         match prefix.unwrap() {
                             DiskPrefix => {
                                 let len = prefix_len(prefix) + is_abs as uint;
-                                let mut s = String::from_str(&s[0..len]);
+                                let mut s = String::from_str(&s[..len]);
                                 unsafe {
                                     let v = s.as_mut_vec();
                                     v[0] = (*v)[0].to_ascii_uppercase();
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ impl Path {
                             }
                             VerbatimDiskPrefix => {
                                 let len = prefix_len(prefix) + is_abs as uint;
-                                let mut s = String::from_str(&s[0..len]);
+                                let mut s = String::from_str(&s[..len]);
                                 unsafe {
                                     let v = s.as_mut_vec();
                                     v[4] = (*v)[4].to_ascii_uppercase();
@@ -762,14 +762,14 @@ impl Path {
                             _ => {
                                 let plen = prefix_len(prefix);
                                 if s.len() > plen {
-                                    Some(String::from_str(&s[0..plen]))
+                                    Some(String::from_str(&s[..plen]))
                                 } else { None }
                             }
                         }
                     } else if is_abs && comps.is_empty() {
                         Some(repeat(SEP).take(1).collect())
                     } else {
-                        let prefix_ = &s[0..prefix_len(prefix)];
+                        let prefix_ = &s[..prefix_len(prefix)];
                         let n = prefix_.len() +
                                 if is_abs { comps.len() } else { comps.len() - 1} +
                                 comps.iter().map(|v| v.len()).sum();
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ impl Path {
                                 s.push(':');
                             }
                             Some(VerbatimDiskPrefix) => {
-                                s.push_str(&prefix_[0..4]);
+                                s.push_str(&prefix_[..4]);
                                 s.push(prefix_.as_bytes()[4].to_ascii_uppercase() as char);
                                 s.push_str(&prefix_[5..]);
                             }
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ impl Path {
 
     fn update_sepidx(&mut self) {
         let s = if self.has_nonsemantic_trailing_slash() {
-                    &self.repr[0..(self.repr.len()-1)]
+                    &self.repr[..(self.repr.len()-1)]
                 } else { &self.repr[] };
         let sep_test: fn(char) -> bool = if !prefix_is_verbatim(self.prefix) {
             is_sep
diff --git a/src/libstd/rt/unwind.rs b/src/libstd/rt/unwind.rs
index 4cd0b29688a..79a70b50bcf 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rt/unwind.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/rt/unwind.rs
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ fn begin_unwind_inner(msg: Box<Any + Send>, file_line: &(&'static str, uint)) ->
     // MAX_CALLBACKS, so we're sure to clamp it as necessary.
     let callbacks = {
         let amt = CALLBACK_CNT.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
-        &CALLBACKS[0..cmp::min(amt, MAX_CALLBACKS)]
+        &CALLBACKS[..cmp::min(amt, MAX_CALLBACKS)]
     };
     for cb in callbacks.iter() {
         match cb.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
diff --git a/src/libstd/rt/util.rs b/src/libstd/rt/util.rs
index c076f0a7c6c..aebf1b1179e 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rt/util.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/rt/util.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pub fn abort(args: fmt::Arguments) -> ! {
     impl<'a> fmt::Writer for BufWriter<'a> {
         fn write_str(&mut self, bytes: &str) -> fmt::Result {
             let left = self.buf.slice_from_mut(self.pos);
-            let to_write = &bytes.as_bytes()[0..cmp::min(bytes.len(), left.len())];
+            let to_write = &bytes.as_bytes()[..cmp::min(bytes.len(), left.len())];
             slice::bytes::copy_memory(left, to_write);
             self.pos += to_write.len();
             Ok(())
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ pub fn abort(args: fmt::Arguments) -> ! {
     let mut msg = [0u8; 512];
     let mut w = BufWriter { buf: &mut msg, pos: 0 };
     let _ = write!(&mut w, "{}", args);
-    let msg = str::from_utf8(&w.buf[0..w.pos]).unwrap_or("aborted");
+    let msg = str::from_utf8(&w.buf[..w.pos]).unwrap_or("aborted");
     let msg = if msg.is_empty() {"aborted"} else {msg};
 
     // Give some context to the message
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/os.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/os.rs
index 064633f321c..4540068133b 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/os.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/os.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const BUF_BYTES : uint = 2048u;
 pub fn truncate_utf16_at_nul<'a>(v: &'a [u16]) -> &'a [u16] {
     match v.iter().position(|c| *c == 0) {
         // don't include the 0
-        Some(i) => &v[0..i],
+        Some(i) => &v[..i],
         None => v
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ast_map/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax/ast_map/mod.rs
index 3ef57279175..d4fc5f2dd1a 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ast_map/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ast_map/mod.rs
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ impl<'ast> Map<'ast> {
         NodesMatchingSuffix {
             map: self,
             item_name: parts.last().unwrap(),
-            in_which: &parts[0..(parts.len() - 1)],
+            in_which: &parts[..(parts.len() - 1)],
             idx: 0,
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/codemap.rs b/src/libsyntax/codemap.rs
index 9a422e17bb4..bf26687deed 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/codemap.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/codemap.rs
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ impl FileMap {
             let begin = begin.to_uint();
             let slice = &self.src[begin..];
             match slice.find('\n') {
-                Some(e) => &slice[0..e],
+                Some(e) => &slice[..e],
                 None => slice
             }.to_string()
         })
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/diagnostic.rs b/src/libsyntax/diagnostic.rs
index 3f81dac2b0d..dfef5287260 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/diagnostic.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/diagnostic.rs
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ fn print_maybe_styled(w: &mut EmitterWriter,
             // to be miscolored. We assume this is rare enough that we don't
             // have to worry about it.
             if msg.ends_with("\n") {
-                try!(t.write_str(&msg[0..(msg.len()-1)]));
+                try!(t.write_str(&msg[..(msg.len()-1)]));
                 try!(t.reset());
                 try!(t.write_str("\n"));
             } else {
diff --git a/src/test/bench/shootout-fasta-redux.rs b/src/test/bench/shootout-fasta-redux.rs
index 5a47f9fbc57..9e5618579e4 100644
--- a/src/test/bench/shootout-fasta-redux.rs
+++ b/src/test/bench/shootout-fasta-redux.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ impl<'a, W: Writer> RepeatFasta<'a, W> {
         copy_memory(buf.as_mut_slice(), alu);
         let buf_len = buf.len();
         copy_memory(buf.slice_mut(alu_len, buf_len),
-                    &alu[0..LINE_LEN]);
+                    &alu[..LINE_LEN]);
 
         let mut pos = 0;
         let mut bytes;
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ impl<'a, W: Writer> RandomFasta<'a, W> {
         for i in range(0u, chars_left) {
             buf[i] = self.nextc();
         }
-        self.out.write(&buf[0..chars_left])
+        self.out.write(&buf[..chars_left])
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/issue-17503.rs b/src/test/run-pass/issue-17503.rs
index 65bf088786e..a071224999b 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/issue-17503.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/issue-17503.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fn main() {
     let ss: &&[int] = &s;
     let sss: &&&[int] = &ss;
 
-    println!("{:?}", &s[0..3]);
+    println!("{:?}", &s[..3]);
     println!("{:?}", &ss[3..]);
     println!("{:?}", &sss[2..4]);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/issue-8898.rs b/src/test/run-pass/issue-8898.rs
index 42739628eed..f845db9c421 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/issue-8898.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/issue-8898.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub fn main() {
     let abc = [1i, 2, 3];
     let tf = [true, false];
     let x  = [(), ()];
-    let slice = &x[0..1];
+    let slice = &x[..1];
 
     assert_repr_eq(&abc[], "[1i, 2i, 3i]".to_string());
     assert_repr_eq(&tf[], "[true, false]".to_string());
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/slice-2.rs b/src/test/run-pass/slice-2.rs
index 8f031d2e97e..43e517404cb 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/slice-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/slice-2.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fn main() {
     let cmp: &[int] = &[3, 4, 5];
     assert!(&x[2..] == cmp);
     let cmp: &[int] = &[1, 2, 3];
-    assert!(&x[0..3] == cmp);
+    assert!(&x[..3] == cmp);
     let cmp: &[int] = &[2, 3, 4];
     assert!(&x[1..4] == cmp);
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fn main() {
     let cmp: &[int] = &[3, 4, 5];
     assert!(&x[2..] == cmp);
     let cmp: &[int] = &[1, 2, 3];
-    assert!(&x[0..3] == cmp);
+    assert!(&x[..3] == cmp);
     let cmp: &[int] = &[2, 3, 4];
     assert!(&x[1..4] == cmp);