Auto merge of #91957 - nnethercote:rm-SymbolStr, r=oli-obk

Remove `SymbolStr`

This was originally proposed in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/74554#discussion_r466203544. As well as removing the icky `SymbolStr` type, it allows the removal of a lot of `&` and `*` occurrences.

Best reviewed one commit at a time.

r? `@oli-obk`

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/passes.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/passes.rs
index 34865900495..d11cc52b508 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/passes.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/passes.rs
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ pub fn configure_and_expand(
         let crate_attrs = krate.attrs.clone();
         let extern_mod_loaded = |ident: Ident, attrs, items, span| {
             let krate = ast::Crate { attrs, items, span, is_placeholder: None };
-            pre_expansion_lint(sess, lint_store, &krate, &crate_attrs, &ident.name.as_str());
+            pre_expansion_lint(sess, lint_store, &krate, &crate_attrs, ident.name.as_str());
             (krate.attrs, krate.items)
         };
         let mut ecx = ExtCtxt::new(sess, cfg, resolver, Some(&extern_mod_loaded));
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ fn write_out_deps(
         // (e.g. accessed in proc macros).
         let file_depinfo = sess.parse_sess.file_depinfo.borrow();
         let extra_tracked_files = file_depinfo.iter().map(|path_sym| {
-            let path = PathBuf::from(&*path_sym.as_str());
+            let path = PathBuf::from(path_sym.as_str());
             let file = FileName::from(path);
             escape_dep_filename(&file.prefer_local().to_string())
         });
@@ -1049,8 +1049,8 @@ fn encode_and_write_metadata(
 
     let need_metadata_file = tcx.sess.opts.output_types.contains_key(&OutputType::Metadata);
     if need_metadata_file {
-        let crate_name = &tcx.crate_name(LOCAL_CRATE).as_str();
-        let out_filename = filename_for_metadata(tcx.sess, crate_name, outputs);
+        let crate_name = tcx.crate_name(LOCAL_CRATE);
+        let out_filename = filename_for_metadata(tcx.sess, crate_name.as_str(), outputs);
         // To avoid races with another rustc process scanning the output directory,
         // we need to write the file somewhere else and atomically move it to its
         // final destination, with an `fs::rename` call. In order for the rename to