Prefer alloc_ty() instead of alloca() where possible

src/librustc_trans/trans/_match.rs

@@ -1196,8 +1196,7 @@ fn compile_submatch_continue<'a, 'p, 'blk, 'tcx>(mut bcx: Block<'blk, 'tcx>,
                 let unsized_ty = def.struct_variant().fields.last().map(|field| {
                     monomorphize::field_ty(bcx.tcx(), substs, field)
                 }).unwrap();
-                let llty = type_of::type_of(bcx.ccx(), unsized_ty);
-                let scratch = alloca(bcx, llty, "__struct_field_fat_ptr");
+                let scratch = alloc_ty(bcx, unsized_ty, "__struct_field_fat_ptr");
                 let data = adt::trans_field_ptr(bcx, &*repr, struct_val, 0, arg_count);
                 let len = Load(bcx, expr::get_meta(bcx, val.val));
                 Store(bcx, data, expr::get_dataptr(bcx, scratch));

src/librustc_trans/trans/base.rs

@@ -1020,8 +1020,7 @@ pub fn alloc_ty<'blk, 'tcx>(bcx: Block<'blk, 'tcx>, t: Ty<'tcx>, name: &str) ->
     let ccx = bcx.ccx();
     let ty = type_of::type_of(ccx, t);
     assert!(!t.has_param_types());
-    let val = alloca(bcx, ty, name);
-    return val;
+    alloca(bcx, ty, name)
 }
 
 pub fn alloca(cx: Block, ty: Type, name: &str) -> ValueRef {

src/librustc_trans/trans/datum.rs

@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ use trans::cleanup;
 use trans::cleanup::{CleanupMethods, DropHintDatum, DropHintMethods};
 use trans::expr;
 use trans::tvec;
-use trans::type_of;
 use middle::ty::Ty;
 
 use std::fmt;
@@ -302,8 +301,7 @@ pub fn lvalue_scratch_datum<'blk, 'tcx, A, F>(bcx: Block<'blk, 'tcx>,
                                               -> DatumBlock<'blk, 'tcx, Lvalue> where
     F: FnOnce(A, Block<'blk, 'tcx>, ValueRef) -> Block<'blk, 'tcx>,
 {
-    let llty = type_of::type_of(bcx.ccx(), ty);
-    let scratch = alloca(bcx, llty, name);
+    let scratch = alloc_ty(bcx, ty, name);
 
     // Subtle. Populate the scratch memory *before* scheduling cleanup.
     call_lifetime_start(bcx, scratch);
@@ -323,8 +321,7 @@ pub fn rvalue_scratch_datum<'blk, 'tcx>(bcx: Block<'blk, 'tcx>,
                                         ty: Ty<'tcx>,
                                         name: &str)
                                         -> Datum<'tcx, Rvalue> {
-    let llty = type_of::type_of(bcx.ccx(), ty);
-    let scratch = alloca(bcx, llty, name);
+    let scratch = alloc_ty(bcx, ty, name);
     call_lifetime_start(bcx, scratch);
     Datum::new(scratch, ty, Rvalue::new(ByRef))
 }

src/librustc_trans/trans/expr.rs

@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ pub fn trans<'blk, 'tcx>(bcx: Block<'blk, 'tcx>,
             // Maybe just get the value directly, instead of loading it?
             immediate_rvalue(load_ty(bcx, global, const_ty), const_ty)
         } else {
-            let llty = type_of::type_of(bcx.ccx(), const_ty);
-            let scratch = alloca(bcx, llty, "const");
+            let scratch = alloc_ty(bcx, const_ty, "const");
             call_lifetime_start(bcx, scratch);
             let lldest = if !const_ty.is_structural() {
                 // Cast pointer to slot, because constants have different types.
@@ -410,9 +409,8 @@ fn apply_adjustments<'blk, 'tcx>(bcx: Block<'blk, 'tcx>,
                     datum.to_rvalue_datum(bcx, "__coerce_source"));
 
                 let target = bcx.monomorphize(&target);
-                let llty = type_of::type_of(bcx.ccx(), target);
 
-                let scratch = alloca(bcx, llty, "__coerce_target");
+                let scratch = alloc_ty(bcx, target, "__coerce_target");
                 call_lifetime_start(bcx, scratch);
                 let target_datum = Datum::new(scratch, target,
                                               Rvalue::new(ByRef));

src/librustc_trans/trans/foreign.rs

@@ -296,10 +296,7 @@ pub fn trans_native_call<'blk, 'tcx>(bcx: Block<'blk, 'tcx>,
         // Ensure that we always have the Rust value indirectly,
         // because it makes bitcasting easier.
         if !rust_indirect {
-            let scratch =
-                base::alloca(bcx,
-                             type_of::type_of(ccx, passed_arg_tys[i]),
-                             "__arg");
+            let scratch = base::alloc_ty(bcx, passed_arg_tys[i], "__arg");
             if type_is_fat_ptr(ccx.tcx(), passed_arg_tys[i]) {
                 Store(bcx, llargs_rust[i + offset], expr::get_dataptr(bcx, scratch));
                 Store(bcx, llargs_rust[i + offset + 1], expr::get_meta(bcx, scratch));

src/librustc_trans/trans/glue.rs

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ pub fn drop_ty_immediate<'blk, 'tcx>(bcx: Block<'blk, 'tcx>,
                                      skip_dtor: bool)
                                      -> Block<'blk, 'tcx> {
     let _icx = push_ctxt("drop_ty_immediate");
-    let vp = alloca(bcx, type_of(bcx.ccx(), t), "");
+    let vp = alloc_ty(bcx, t, "");
     call_lifetime_start(bcx, vp);
     store_ty(bcx, v, vp, t);
     let bcx = drop_ty_core(bcx, vp, t, debug_loc, skip_dtor, None);

src/librustc_trans/trans/tvec.rs

@@ -106,11 +106,10 @@ pub fn trans_slice_vec<'blk, 'tcx>(bcx: Block<'blk, 'tcx>,
     debug!("    vt={}, count={}", vt.to_string(ccx), count);
 
     let fixed_ty = bcx.tcx().mk_array(vt.unit_ty, count);
-    let llfixed_ty = type_of::type_of(bcx.ccx(), fixed_ty);
 
     // Always create an alloca even if zero-sized, to preserve
     // the non-null invariant of the inner slice ptr
-    let llfixed = base::alloca(bcx, llfixed_ty, "");
+    let llfixed = base::alloc_ty(bcx, fixed_ty, "");
     call_lifetime_start(bcx, llfixed);
 
     if count > 0 {