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+use crate::base::ExtCtxt;
+
+use syntax::ast::{self, Ident, Expr, BlockCheckMode, UnOp, PatKind};
+use syntax::attr;
+use syntax::source_map::{respan, Spanned};
+use syntax::ptr::P;
+use syntax::symbol::{kw, sym, Symbol};
+use syntax::ThinVec;
+
+use syntax_pos::{Pos, Span};
+
+impl<'a> ExtCtxt<'a> {
+    pub fn path(&self, span: Span, strs: Vec<ast::Ident> ) -> ast::Path {
+        self.path_all(span, false, strs, vec![])
+    }
+    pub fn path_ident(&self, span: Span, id: ast::Ident) -> ast::Path {
+        self.path(span, vec![id])
+    }
+    pub fn path_global(&self, span: Span, strs: Vec<ast::Ident> ) -> ast::Path {
+        self.path_all(span, true, strs, vec![])
+    }
+    pub fn path_all(&self,
+                span: Span,
+                global: bool,
+                mut idents: Vec<ast::Ident> ,
+                args: Vec<ast::GenericArg>)
+                -> ast::Path {
+        assert!(!idents.is_empty());
+        let add_root = global && !idents[0].is_path_segment_keyword();
+        let mut segments = Vec::with_capacity(idents.len() + add_root as usize);
+        if add_root {
+            segments.push(ast::PathSegment::path_root(span));
+        }
+        let last_ident = idents.pop().unwrap();
+        segments.extend(idents.into_iter().map(|ident| {
+            ast::PathSegment::from_ident(ident.with_span_pos(span))
+        }));
+        let args = if !args.is_empty() {
+            ast::AngleBracketedArgs { args, constraints: Vec::new(), span }.into()
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+        segments.push(ast::PathSegment {
+            ident: last_ident.with_span_pos(span),
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            args,
+        });
+        ast::Path { span, segments }
+    }
+
+    pub fn ty_mt(&self, ty: P<ast::Ty>, mutbl: ast::Mutability) -> ast::MutTy {
+        ast::MutTy {
+            ty,
+            mutbl,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn ty(&self, span: Span, kind: ast::TyKind) -> P<ast::Ty> {
+        P(ast::Ty {
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            span,
+            kind,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn ty_path(&self, path: ast::Path) -> P<ast::Ty> {
+        self.ty(path.span, ast::TyKind::Path(None, path))
+    }
+
+    // Might need to take bounds as an argument in the future, if you ever want
+    // to generate a bounded existential trait type.
+    pub fn ty_ident(&self, span: Span, ident: ast::Ident)
+        -> P<ast::Ty> {
+        self.ty_path(self.path_ident(span, ident))
+    }
+
+    pub fn anon_const(&self, span: Span, kind: ast::ExprKind) -> ast::AnonConst {
+        ast::AnonConst {
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            value: P(ast::Expr {
+                id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+                kind,
+                span,
+                attrs: ThinVec::new(),
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn const_ident(&self, span: Span, ident: ast::Ident) -> ast::AnonConst {
+        self.anon_const(span, ast::ExprKind::Path(None, self.path_ident(span, ident)))
+    }
+
+    pub fn ty_rptr(&self,
+               span: Span,
+               ty: P<ast::Ty>,
+               lifetime: Option<ast::Lifetime>,
+               mutbl: ast::Mutability)
+        -> P<ast::Ty> {
+        self.ty(span,
+                ast::TyKind::Rptr(lifetime, self.ty_mt(ty, mutbl)))
+    }
+
+    pub fn ty_ptr(&self,
+              span: Span,
+              ty: P<ast::Ty>,
+              mutbl: ast::Mutability)
+        -> P<ast::Ty> {
+        self.ty(span,
+                ast::TyKind::Ptr(self.ty_mt(ty, mutbl)))
+    }
+
+    pub fn typaram(&self,
+               span: Span,
+               ident: ast::Ident,
+               attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute>,
+               bounds: ast::GenericBounds,
+               default: Option<P<ast::Ty>>) -> ast::GenericParam {
+        ast::GenericParam {
+            ident: ident.with_span_pos(span),
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            attrs: attrs.into(),
+            bounds,
+            kind: ast::GenericParamKind::Type {
+                default,
+            },
+            is_placeholder: false
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn trait_ref(&self, path: ast::Path) -> ast::TraitRef {
+        ast::TraitRef {
+            path,
+            ref_id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn poly_trait_ref(&self, span: Span, path: ast::Path) -> ast::PolyTraitRef {
+        ast::PolyTraitRef {
+            bound_generic_params: Vec::new(),
+            trait_ref: self.trait_ref(path),
+            span,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn trait_bound(&self, path: ast::Path) -> ast::GenericBound {
+        ast::GenericBound::Trait(self.poly_trait_ref(path.span, path),
+                                 ast::TraitBoundModifier::None)
+    }
+
+    pub fn lifetime(&self, span: Span, ident: ast::Ident) -> ast::Lifetime {
+        ast::Lifetime { id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID, ident: ident.with_span_pos(span) }
+    }
+
+    pub fn lifetime_def(&self,
+                    span: Span,
+                    ident: ast::Ident,
+                    attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute>,
+                    bounds: ast::GenericBounds)
+                    -> ast::GenericParam {
+        let lifetime = self.lifetime(span, ident);
+        ast::GenericParam {
+            ident: lifetime.ident,
+            id: lifetime.id,
+            attrs: attrs.into(),
+            bounds,
+            kind: ast::GenericParamKind::Lifetime,
+            is_placeholder: false
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn stmt_expr(&self, expr: P<ast::Expr>) -> ast::Stmt {
+        ast::Stmt {
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            span: expr.span,
+            kind: ast::StmtKind::Expr(expr),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn stmt_let(&self, sp: Span, mutbl: bool, ident: ast::Ident,
+                ex: P<ast::Expr>) -> ast::Stmt {
+        let pat = if mutbl {
+            let binding_mode = ast::BindingMode::ByValue(ast::Mutability::Mutable);
+            self.pat_ident_binding_mode(sp, ident, binding_mode)
+        } else {
+            self.pat_ident(sp, ident)
+        };
+        let local = P(ast::Local {
+            pat,
+            ty: None,
+            init: Some(ex),
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            span: sp,
+            attrs: ThinVec::new(),
+        });
+        ast::Stmt {
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            kind: ast::StmtKind::Local(local),
+            span: sp,
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Generates `let _: Type;`, which is usually used for type assertions.
+    pub fn stmt_let_type_only(&self, span: Span, ty: P<ast::Ty>) -> ast::Stmt {
+        let local = P(ast::Local {
+            pat: self.pat_wild(span),
+            ty: Some(ty),
+            init: None,
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            span,
+            attrs: ThinVec::new(),
+        });
+        ast::Stmt {
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            kind: ast::StmtKind::Local(local),
+            span,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn stmt_item(&self, sp: Span, item: P<ast::Item>) -> ast::Stmt {
+        ast::Stmt {
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            kind: ast::StmtKind::Item(item),
+            span: sp,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn block_expr(&self, expr: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Block> {
+        self.block(expr.span, vec![ast::Stmt {
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            span: expr.span,
+            kind: ast::StmtKind::Expr(expr),
+        }])
+    }
+    pub fn block(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>) -> P<ast::Block> {
+        P(ast::Block {
+           stmts,
+           id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+           rules: BlockCheckMode::Default,
+           span,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr(&self, span: Span, kind: ast::ExprKind) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        P(ast::Expr {
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            kind,
+            span,
+            attrs: ThinVec::new(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_path(&self, path: ast::Path) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr(path.span, ast::ExprKind::Path(None, path))
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_ident(&self, span: Span, id: ast::Ident) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr_path(self.path_ident(span, id))
+    }
+    pub fn expr_self(&self, span: Span) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr_ident(span, Ident::with_dummy_span(kw::SelfLower))
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_binary(&self, sp: Span, op: ast::BinOpKind,
+                   lhs: P<ast::Expr>, rhs: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr(sp, ast::ExprKind::Binary(Spanned { node: op, span: sp }, lhs, rhs))
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_deref(&self, sp: Span, e: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr(sp, ast::ExprKind::Unary(UnOp::Deref, e))
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_addr_of(&self, sp: Span, e: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr(sp, ast::ExprKind::AddrOf(ast::Mutability::Immutable, e))
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_call(
+        &self, span: Span, expr: P<ast::Expr>, args: Vec<P<ast::Expr>>,
+    ) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr(span, ast::ExprKind::Call(expr, args))
+    }
+    pub fn expr_call_ident(&self, span: Span, id: ast::Ident,
+                       args: Vec<P<ast::Expr>>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr(span, ast::ExprKind::Call(self.expr_ident(span, id), args))
+    }
+    pub fn expr_call_global(&self, sp: Span, fn_path: Vec<ast::Ident> ,
+                      args: Vec<P<ast::Expr>> ) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        let pathexpr = self.expr_path(self.path_global(sp, fn_path));
+        self.expr_call(sp, pathexpr, args)
+    }
+    pub fn expr_method_call(&self, span: Span,
+                        expr: P<ast::Expr>,
+                        ident: ast::Ident,
+                        mut args: Vec<P<ast::Expr>> ) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        args.insert(0, expr);
+        let segment = ast::PathSegment::from_ident(ident.with_span_pos(span));
+        self.expr(span, ast::ExprKind::MethodCall(segment, args))
+    }
+    pub fn expr_block(&self, b: P<ast::Block>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr(b.span, ast::ExprKind::Block(b, None))
+    }
+    pub fn field_imm(&self, span: Span, ident: Ident, e: P<ast::Expr>) -> ast::Field {
+        ast::Field {
+            ident: ident.with_span_pos(span),
+            expr: e,
+            span,
+            is_shorthand: false,
+            attrs: ThinVec::new(),
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            is_placeholder: false,
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn expr_struct(
+        &self, span: Span, path: ast::Path, fields: Vec<ast::Field>
+    ) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr(span, ast::ExprKind::Struct(path, fields, None))
+    }
+    pub fn expr_struct_ident(&self, span: Span,
+                         id: ast::Ident, fields: Vec<ast::Field>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr_struct(span, self.path_ident(span, id), fields)
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_lit(&self, span: Span, lit_kind: ast::LitKind) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        let lit = ast::Lit::from_lit_kind(lit_kind, span);
+        self.expr(span, ast::ExprKind::Lit(lit))
+    }
+    pub fn expr_usize(&self, span: Span, i: usize) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr_lit(span, ast::LitKind::Int(i as u128,
+                                              ast::LitIntType::Unsigned(ast::UintTy::Usize)))
+    }
+    pub fn expr_u32(&self, sp: Span, u: u32) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr_lit(sp, ast::LitKind::Int(u as u128,
+                                            ast::LitIntType::Unsigned(ast::UintTy::U32)))
+    }
+    pub fn expr_bool(&self, sp: Span, value: bool) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr_lit(sp, ast::LitKind::Bool(value))
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_vec(&self, sp: Span, exprs: Vec<P<ast::Expr>>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr(sp, ast::ExprKind::Array(exprs))
+    }
+    pub fn expr_vec_slice(&self, sp: Span, exprs: Vec<P<ast::Expr>>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr_addr_of(sp, self.expr_vec(sp, exprs))
+    }
+    pub fn expr_str(&self, sp: Span, s: Symbol) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr_lit(sp, ast::LitKind::Str(s, ast::StrStyle::Cooked))
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_cast(&self, sp: Span, expr: P<ast::Expr>, ty: P<ast::Ty>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr(sp, ast::ExprKind::Cast(expr, ty))
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_some(&self, sp: Span, expr: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        let some = self.std_path(&[sym::option, sym::Option, sym::Some]);
+        self.expr_call_global(sp, some, vec![expr])
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_tuple(&self, sp: Span, exprs: Vec<P<ast::Expr>>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr(sp, ast::ExprKind::Tup(exprs))
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_fail(&self, span: Span, msg: Symbol) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        let loc = self.source_map().lookup_char_pos(span.lo());
+        let expr_file = self.expr_str(span, Symbol::intern(&loc.file.name.to_string()));
+        let expr_line = self.expr_u32(span, loc.line as u32);
+        let expr_col = self.expr_u32(span, loc.col.to_usize() as u32 + 1);
+        let expr_loc_tuple = self.expr_tuple(span, vec![expr_file, expr_line, expr_col]);
+        let expr_loc_ptr = self.expr_addr_of(span, expr_loc_tuple);
+        self.expr_call_global(
+            span,
+            [sym::std, sym::rt, sym::begin_panic].iter().map(|s| Ident::new(*s, span)).collect(),
+            vec![
+                self.expr_str(span, msg),
+                expr_loc_ptr])
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_unreachable(&self, span: Span) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr_fail(span, Symbol::intern("internal error: entered unreachable code"))
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_ok(&self, sp: Span, expr: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        let ok = self.std_path(&[sym::result, sym::Result, sym::Ok]);
+        self.expr_call_global(sp, ok, vec![expr])
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_try(&self, sp: Span, head: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        let ok = self.std_path(&[sym::result, sym::Result, sym::Ok]);
+        let ok_path = self.path_global(sp, ok);
+        let err = self.std_path(&[sym::result, sym::Result, sym::Err]);
+        let err_path = self.path_global(sp, err);
+
+        let binding_variable = self.ident_of("__try_var", sp);
+        let binding_pat = self.pat_ident(sp, binding_variable);
+        let binding_expr = self.expr_ident(sp, binding_variable);
+
+        // `Ok(__try_var)` pattern
+        let ok_pat = self.pat_tuple_struct(sp, ok_path, vec![binding_pat.clone()]);
+
+        // `Err(__try_var)` (pattern and expression respectively)
+        let err_pat = self.pat_tuple_struct(sp, err_path.clone(), vec![binding_pat]);
+        let err_inner_expr = self.expr_call(sp, self.expr_path(err_path),
+                                            vec![binding_expr.clone()]);
+        // `return Err(__try_var)`
+        let err_expr = self.expr(sp, ast::ExprKind::Ret(Some(err_inner_expr)));
+
+        // `Ok(__try_var) => __try_var`
+        let ok_arm = self.arm(sp, ok_pat, binding_expr);
+        // `Err(__try_var) => return Err(__try_var)`
+        let err_arm = self.arm(sp, err_pat, err_expr);
+
+        // `match head { Ok() => ..., Err() => ... }`
+        self.expr_match(sp, head, vec![ok_arm, err_arm])
+    }
+
+
+    pub fn pat(&self, span: Span, kind: PatKind) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        P(ast::Pat { id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID, kind, span })
+    }
+    pub fn pat_wild(&self, span: Span) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        self.pat(span, PatKind::Wild)
+    }
+    pub fn pat_lit(&self, span: Span, expr: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        self.pat(span, PatKind::Lit(expr))
+    }
+    pub fn pat_ident(&self, span: Span, ident: ast::Ident) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        let binding_mode = ast::BindingMode::ByValue(ast::Mutability::Immutable);
+        self.pat_ident_binding_mode(span, ident, binding_mode)
+    }
+
+    pub fn pat_ident_binding_mode(&self,
+                              span: Span,
+                              ident: ast::Ident,
+                              bm: ast::BindingMode) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        let pat = PatKind::Ident(bm, ident.with_span_pos(span), None);
+        self.pat(span, pat)
+    }
+    pub fn pat_path(&self, span: Span, path: ast::Path) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        self.pat(span, PatKind::Path(None, path))
+    }
+    pub fn pat_tuple_struct(&self, span: Span, path: ast::Path,
+                        subpats: Vec<P<ast::Pat>>) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        self.pat(span, PatKind::TupleStruct(path, subpats))
+    }
+    pub fn pat_struct(&self, span: Span, path: ast::Path,
+                      field_pats: Vec<ast::FieldPat>) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        self.pat(span, PatKind::Struct(path, field_pats, false))
+    }
+    pub fn pat_tuple(&self, span: Span, pats: Vec<P<ast::Pat>>) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        self.pat(span, PatKind::Tuple(pats))
+    }
+
+    pub fn pat_some(&self, span: Span, pat: P<ast::Pat>) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        let some = self.std_path(&[sym::option, sym::Option, sym::Some]);
+        let path = self.path_global(span, some);
+        self.pat_tuple_struct(span, path, vec![pat])
+    }
+
+    pub fn pat_none(&self, span: Span) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        let some = self.std_path(&[sym::option, sym::Option, sym::None]);
+        let path = self.path_global(span, some);
+        self.pat_path(span, path)
+    }
+
+    pub fn pat_ok(&self, span: Span, pat: P<ast::Pat>) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        let some = self.std_path(&[sym::result, sym::Result, sym::Ok]);
+        let path = self.path_global(span, some);
+        self.pat_tuple_struct(span, path, vec![pat])
+    }
+
+    pub fn pat_err(&self, span: Span, pat: P<ast::Pat>) -> P<ast::Pat> {
+        let some = self.std_path(&[sym::result, sym::Result, sym::Err]);
+        let path = self.path_global(span, some);
+        self.pat_tuple_struct(span, path, vec![pat])
+    }
+
+    pub fn arm(&self, span: Span, pat: P<ast::Pat>, expr: P<ast::Expr>) -> ast::Arm {
+        ast::Arm {
+            attrs: vec![],
+            pat,
+            guard: None,
+            body: expr,
+            span,
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            is_placeholder: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn arm_unreachable(&self, span: Span) -> ast::Arm {
+        self.arm(span, self.pat_wild(span), self.expr_unreachable(span))
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_match(&self, span: Span, arg: P<ast::Expr>, arms: Vec<ast::Arm>) -> P<Expr> {
+        self.expr(span, ast::ExprKind::Match(arg, arms))
+    }
+
+    pub fn expr_if(&self, span: Span, cond: P<ast::Expr>,
+               then: P<ast::Expr>, els: Option<P<ast::Expr>>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        let els = els.map(|x| self.expr_block(self.block_expr(x)));
+        self.expr(span, ast::ExprKind::If(cond, self.block_expr(then), els))
+    }
+
+    pub fn lambda_fn_decl(&self,
+                      span: Span,
+                      fn_decl: P<ast::FnDecl>,
+                      body: P<ast::Expr>,
+                      fn_decl_span: Span) // span of the `|...|` part
+                      -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.expr(span, ast::ExprKind::Closure(ast::CaptureBy::Ref,
+                                               ast::IsAsync::NotAsync,
+                                               ast::Movability::Movable,
+                                               fn_decl,
+                                               body,
+                                               fn_decl_span))
+    }
+
+    pub fn lambda(&self,
+              span: Span,
+              ids: Vec<ast::Ident>,
+              body: P<ast::Expr>)
+              -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        let fn_decl = self.fn_decl(
+            ids.iter().map(|id| self.param(span, *id, self.ty(span, ast::TyKind::Infer))).collect(),
+            ast::FunctionRetTy::Default(span));
+
+        // FIXME -- We are using `span` as the span of the `|...|`
+        // part of the lambda, but it probably (maybe?) corresponds to
+        // the entire lambda body. Probably we should extend the API
+        // here, but that's not entirely clear.
+        self.expr(span, ast::ExprKind::Closure(ast::CaptureBy::Ref,
+                                               ast::IsAsync::NotAsync,
+                                               ast::Movability::Movable,
+                                               fn_decl,
+                                               body,
+                                               span))
+    }
+
+    pub fn lambda0(&self, span: Span, body: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.lambda(span, Vec::new(), body)
+    }
+
+    pub fn lambda1(&self, span: Span, body: P<ast::Expr>, ident: ast::Ident) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.lambda(span, vec![ident], body)
+    }
+
+    pub fn lambda_stmts_1(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>,
+                      ident: ast::Ident) -> P<ast::Expr> {
+        self.lambda1(span, self.expr_block(self.block(span, stmts)), ident)
+    }
+
+    pub fn param(&self, span: Span, ident: ast::Ident, ty: P<ast::Ty>) -> ast::Param {
+        let arg_pat = self.pat_ident(span, ident);
+        ast::Param {
+            attrs: ThinVec::default(),
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            pat: arg_pat,
+            span,
+            ty,
+            is_placeholder: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    // FIXME: unused `self`
+    pub fn fn_decl(&self, inputs: Vec<ast::Param>, output: ast::FunctionRetTy) -> P<ast::FnDecl> {
+        P(ast::FnDecl {
+            inputs,
+            output,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn item(&self, span: Span, name: Ident,
+            attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute>, kind: ast::ItemKind) -> P<ast::Item> {
+        // FIXME: Would be nice if our generated code didn't violate
+        // Rust coding conventions
+        P(ast::Item {
+            ident: name,
+            attrs,
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            kind,
+            vis: respan(span.shrink_to_lo(), ast::VisibilityKind::Inherited),
+            span,
+            tokens: None,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn variant(&self, span: Span, ident: Ident, tys: Vec<P<ast::Ty>> ) -> ast::Variant {
+        let fields: Vec<_> = tys.into_iter().map(|ty| {
+            ast::StructField {
+                span: ty.span,
+                ty,
+                ident: None,
+                vis: respan(span.shrink_to_lo(), ast::VisibilityKind::Inherited),
+                attrs: Vec::new(),
+                id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+                is_placeholder: false,
+            }
+        }).collect();
+
+        let vdata = if fields.is_empty() {
+            ast::VariantData::Unit(ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID)
+        } else {
+            ast::VariantData::Tuple(fields, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID)
+        };
+
+        ast::Variant {
+            attrs: Vec::new(),
+            data: vdata,
+            disr_expr: None,
+            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+            ident,
+            span,
+            is_placeholder: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn item_static(&self,
+                   span: Span,
+                   name: Ident,
+                   ty: P<ast::Ty>,
+                   mutbl: ast::Mutability,
+                   expr: P<ast::Expr>)
+                   -> P<ast::Item> {
+        self.item(span, name, Vec::new(), ast::ItemKind::Static(ty, mutbl, expr))
+    }
+
+    pub fn item_const(&self,
+                  span: Span,
+                  name: Ident,
+                  ty: P<ast::Ty>,
+                  expr: P<ast::Expr>)
+                  -> P<ast::Item> {
+        self.item(span, name, Vec::new(), ast::ItemKind::Const(ty, expr))
+    }
+
+    pub fn attribute(&self, mi: ast::MetaItem) -> ast::Attribute {
+        attr::mk_attr_outer(mi)
+    }
+
+    pub fn meta_word(&self, sp: Span, w: ast::Name) -> ast::MetaItem {
+        attr::mk_word_item(Ident::new(w, sp))
+    }
+}