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.

3 files changed, 4 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs
index e808e4815fe..214de3ca402 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs
@@ -417,24 +417,6 @@ pub const BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES: &[BuiltinAttribute] = &[
         naked_functions, experimental!(naked)
     ),
 
-    // Plugins:
-    BuiltinAttribute {
-        name: sym::plugin,
-        only_local: false,
-        type_: CrateLevel,
-        template: template!(List: "name"),
-        duplicates: DuplicatesOk,
-        gate: Gated(
-            Stability::Deprecated(
-                "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/64675",
-                Some("may be removed in a future compiler version"),
-            ),
-            sym::plugin,
-            "compiler plugins are deprecated",
-            cfg_fn!(plugin)
-        ),
-    },
-
     // Testing:
     gated!(
         test_runner, CrateLevel, template!(List: "path"), ErrorFollowing, custom_test_frameworks,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/removed.rs b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/removed.rs
index ed19274a7cc..03f92f69b41 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/removed.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/removed.rs
@@ -152,9 +152,12 @@ declare_features! (
      Some("removed in favor of `#![feature(marker_trait_attr)]`")),
     (removed, panic_implementation, "1.28.0", Some(44489), None,
      Some("subsumed by `#[panic_handler]`")),
+    /// Allows using `#![plugin(myplugin)]`.
+    (removed, plugin, "CURRENT_RUSTC_VERSION", Some(29597), None,
+     Some("plugins are no longer supported")),
     /// Allows using `#[plugin_registrar]` on functions.
     (removed, plugin_registrar, "1.54.0", Some(29597), None,
-     Some("a __rustc_plugin_registrar symbol must now be defined instead")),
+     Some("plugins are no longer supported")),
     (removed, proc_macro_expr, "1.27.0", Some(54727), None,
      Some("subsumed by `#![feature(proc_macro_hygiene)]`")),
     (removed, proc_macro_gen, "1.27.0", Some(54727), None,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/unstable.rs b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/unstable.rs
index 72100863bb5..11782e33d84 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/unstable.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/unstable.rs
@@ -528,8 +528,6 @@ declare_features! (
     (unstable, object_safe_for_dispatch, "1.40.0", Some(43561), None),
     /// Allows using `#[optimize(X)]`.
     (unstable, optimize_attribute, "1.34.0", Some(54882), None),
-    /// Allows using `#![plugin(myplugin)]`.
-    (unstable, plugin, "1.0.0", Some(29597), None),
     /// Allows exhaustive integer pattern matching on `usize` and `isize`.
     (unstable, precise_pointer_size_matching, "1.32.0", Some(56354), None),
     /// Allows macro attributes on expressions, statements and non-inline modules.