Temporary bootstrapping hack: introduce syntax for r egion bounds like `'b:'a`,

meaning `'b outlives 'a`. Syntax currently does nothing but is needed for full
fix to #5763. To use this syntax, the issue_5763_bootstrap feature guard is
required.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
index d500600e25d..0e687c02c1d 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ pub trait AstBuilder {
     fn trait_ref(&self, path: ast::Path) -> ast::TraitRef;
     fn typarambound(&self, path: ast::Path) -> ast::TyParamBound;
     fn lifetime(&self, span: Span, ident: ast::Name) -> ast::Lifetime;
+    fn lifetime_def(&self,
+                    span: Span,
+                    name: ast::Name,
+                    bounds: Vec<ast::Lifetime>)
+                    -> ast::LifetimeDef;
 
     // statements
     fn stmt_expr(&self, expr: Gc<ast::Expr>) -> Gc<ast::Stmt>;
@@ -456,6 +461,17 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
         ast::Lifetime { id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID, span: span, name: name }
     }
 
+    fn lifetime_def(&self,
+                    span: Span,
+                    name: ast::Name,
+                    bounds: Vec<ast::Lifetime>)
+                    -> ast::LifetimeDef {
+        ast::LifetimeDef {
+            lifetime: self.lifetime(span, name),
+            bounds: bounds
+        }
+    }
+
     fn stmt_expr(&self, expr: Gc<ast::Expr>) -> Gc<ast::Stmt> {
         box(GC) respan(expr.span, ast::StmtSemi(expr, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))
     }