Doc alias improvements

src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs

@@ -643,6 +643,15 @@ impl Attributes {
             })
             .collect()
     }
+
+    pub fn get_doc_aliases(&self) -> FxHashSet<String> {
+        self.other_attrs
+            .lists(sym::doc)
+            .filter(|a| a.check_name(sym::alias))
+            .filter_map(|a| a.value_str().map(|s| s.to_string().replace("\"", "")))
+            .filter(|v| !v.is_empty())
+            .collect::<FxHashSet<_>>()
+    }
 }
 
 impl PartialEq for Attributes {

src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs

@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ pub fn render<T: Print, S: Print>(
         window.rootPath = \"{root_path}\";\
         window.currentCrate = \"{krate}\";\
     </script>\
-    <script src=\"{root_path}aliases{suffix}.js\"></script>\
     <script src=\"{static_root_path}main{suffix}.js\"></script>\
     {static_extra_scripts}\
     {extra_scripts}\

src/librustdoc/html/render.rs

@@ -293,7 +293,12 @@ impl Serialize for IndexItem {
     where
         S: Serializer,
     {
-        assert_eq!(self.parent.is_some(), self.parent_idx.is_some());
+        assert_eq!(
+            self.parent.is_some(),
+            self.parent_idx.is_some(),
+            "`{}` is missing idx",
+            self.name
+        );
 
         (self.ty, &self.name, &self.path, &self.desc, self.parent_idx, &self.search_type)
             .serialize(serializer)
@@ -820,42 +825,6 @@ themePicker.onblur = handleThemeButtonsBlur;
         Ok((ret, krates))
     }
 
-    fn show_item(item: &IndexItem, krate: &str) -> String {
-        format!(
-            "{{'crate':'{}','ty':{},'name':'{}','desc':'{}','p':'{}'{}}}",
-            krate,
-            item.ty as usize,
-            item.name,
-            item.desc.replace("'", "\\'"),
-            item.path,
-            if let Some(p) = item.parent_idx { format!(",'parent':{}", p) } else { String::new() }
-        )
-    }
-
-    let dst = cx.dst.join(&format!("aliases{}.js", cx.shared.resource_suffix));
-    {
-        let (mut all_aliases, _) = try_err!(collect(&dst, &krate.name, "ALIASES"), &dst);
-        let mut output = String::with_capacity(100);
-        for (alias, items) in &cx.cache.aliases {
-            if items.is_empty() {
-                continue;
-            }
-            output.push_str(&format!(
-                "\"{}\":[{}],",
-                alias,
-                items.iter().map(|v| show_item(v, &krate.name)).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(",")
-            ));
-        }
-        all_aliases.push(format!("ALIASES[\"{}\"] = {{{}}};", krate.name, output));
-        all_aliases.sort();
-        let mut v = Buffer::html();
-        writeln!(&mut v, "var ALIASES = {{}};");
-        for aliases in &all_aliases {
-            writeln!(&mut v, "{}", aliases);
-        }
-        cx.shared.fs.write(&dst, v.into_inner().into_bytes())?;
-    }
-
     use std::ffi::OsString;
 
     #[derive(Debug)]

src/librustdoc/html/render/cache.rs

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ crate struct Cache {
 
     /// Aliases added through `#[doc(alias = "...")]`. Since a few items can have the same alias,
     /// we need the alias element to have an array of items.
-    pub(super) aliases: FxHashMap<String, Vec<IndexItem>>,
+    pub(super) aliases: BTreeMap<String, Vec<usize>>,
 }
 
 impl Cache {
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ impl DocFolder for Cache {
             };
 
             match parent {
-                (parent, Some(path)) if is_inherent_impl_item || (!self.stripped_mod) => {
+                (parent, Some(path)) if is_inherent_impl_item || !self.stripped_mod => {
                     debug_assert!(!item.is_stripped());
 
                     // A crate has a module at its root, containing all items,
@@ -327,6 +327,13 @@ impl DocFolder for Cache {
                             parent_idx: None,
                             search_type: get_index_search_type(&item),
                         });
+
+                        for alias in item.attrs.get_doc_aliases() {
+                            self.aliases
+                                .entry(alias.to_lowercase())
+                                .or_insert(Vec::new())
+                                .push(self.search_index.len() - 1);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 (Some(parent), None) if is_inherent_impl_item => {
@@ -376,11 +383,8 @@ impl DocFolder for Cache {
                 {
                     self.paths.insert(item.def_id, (self.stack.clone(), item.type_()));
                 }
-                self.add_aliases(&item);
             }
-
             clean::PrimitiveItem(..) => {
-                self.add_aliases(&item);
                 self.paths.insert(item.def_id, (self.stack.clone(), item.type_()));
             }
 
@@ -488,40 +492,6 @@ impl DocFolder for Cache {
     }
 }
 
-impl Cache {
-    fn add_aliases(&mut self, item: &clean::Item) {
-        if item.def_id.index == CRATE_DEF_INDEX {
-            return;
-        }
-        if let Some(ref item_name) = item.name {
-            let path = self
-                .paths
-                .get(&item.def_id)
-                .map(|p| p.0[..p.0.len() - 1].join("::"))
-                .unwrap_or("std".to_owned());
-            for alias in item
-                .attrs
-                .lists(sym::doc)
-                .filter(|a| a.check_name(sym::alias))
-                .filter_map(|a| a.value_str().map(|s| s.to_string().replace("\"", "")))
-                .filter(|v| !v.is_empty())
-                .collect::<FxHashSet<_>>()
-                .into_iter()
-            {
-                self.aliases.entry(alias).or_insert(Vec::with_capacity(1)).push(IndexItem {
-                    ty: item.type_(),
-                    name: item_name.to_string(),
-                    path: path.clone(),
-                    desc: shorten(plain_summary_line(item.doc_value())),
-                    parent: None,
-                    parent_idx: None,
-                    search_type: get_index_search_type(&item),
-                });
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Attempts to find where an external crate is located, given that we're
 /// rendering in to the specified source destination.
 fn extern_location(
@@ -567,7 +537,8 @@ fn build_index(krate: &clean::Crate, cache: &mut Cache) -> String {
     let mut crate_items = Vec::with_capacity(cache.search_index.len());
     let mut crate_paths = vec![];
 
-    let Cache { ref mut search_index, ref orphan_impl_items, ref paths, .. } = *cache;
+    let Cache { ref mut search_index, ref orphan_impl_items, ref paths, ref mut aliases, .. } =
+        *cache;
 
     // Attach all orphan items to the type's definition if the type
     // has since been learned.
@@ -582,6 +553,12 @@ fn build_index(krate: &clean::Crate, cache: &mut Cache) -> String {
                 parent_idx: None,
                 search_type: get_index_search_type(&item),
             });
+            for alias in item.attrs.get_doc_aliases() {
+                aliases
+                    .entry(alias.to_lowercase())
+                    .or_insert(Vec::new())
+                    .push(search_index.len() - 1);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -630,6 +607,12 @@ fn build_index(krate: &clean::Crate, cache: &mut Cache) -> String {
         items: Vec<&'a IndexItem>,
         #[serde(rename = "p")]
         paths: Vec<(ItemType, String)>,
+        // The String is alias name and the vec is the list of the elements with this alias.
+        //
+        // To be noted: the `usize` elements are indexes to `items`.
+        #[serde(rename = "a")]
+        #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "BTreeMap::is_empty")]
+        aliases: &'a BTreeMap<String, Vec<usize>>,
     }
 
     // Collect the index into a string
@@ -640,6 +623,7 @@ fn build_index(krate: &clean::Crate, cache: &mut Cache) -> String {
             doc: crate_doc,
             items: crate_items,
             paths: crate_paths,
+            aliases,
         })
         .expect("failed serde conversion")
         // All these `replace` calls are because we have to go through JS string for JSON content.