This PR moves `String.ofList` to `Init.Prelude`. It is a function that
the Lean kernel expects to be present and has special support for (when
reducing string literals). By moving this to `Init.Prelude`, all
declarations that are special to the kernel are in that single module.
This PR renames `String.ValidPos` to `String.Pos`, `String.endValidPos`
to `String.endPos` and `String.startValidPos` to `String.startPos`.
Accordingly, the deprecations of `String.Pos` to `String.Pos.Raw` and
`String.endPos` to `String.rawEndPos` are removed early, after an
abbreviated deprecation cycle of two releases.
This PR renames `Substring` to `Substring.Raw`.
This is to signify its status as a second-class citizen (not deprecated,
but no real plans for verification, like `String.Pos.Raw`) and to free
up the name `Substring` for a possible future type `String.Substring :
String -> Type` so that `s.Substring` is the type of substrings of `s`.
The functions `String.toSubstring` and `String.toSubstring'` will remain
for now for bootstrapping reasons.
This PR establishes `String.ofList` and `String.toList` as the preferred
method for converting between strings and lists of characters and
deprecates the alternatives `String.mk`, `List.asString` and
`String.data`.
This PR redefines `String` to be the type of byte arrays `b` for which
`b.IsValidUtf8`.
This moves the data model of strings much closer to the actual data
representation at runtime.
In the near future, we will
- provide variants of `String.Pos` and `Substring` that only allow for
valid positions
- redefine all `String` functions to be much closer to their C++
implementations
In the near-to-medium future we will then provide comprehensive
verification of `String` based on these refactors.
This PR prepares for a future reorganization of the import hierarchy so
that `Init.Data.String.Basic` can import `Init.Data.UInt.Bitwise` and
`Init.Data.Array.Lemmas`.
