use strip_prefix over slicing (clippy::manual_strip)

Author: matthiaskrgr

compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/intrinsic.rs

@@ -854,8 +854,8 @@ fn generic_simd_intrinsic(
         ));
     }
 
-    if name_str.starts_with("simd_shuffle") {
-        let n: u64 = name_str["simd_shuffle".len()..].parse().unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+    if let Some(stripped) = name_str.strip_prefix("simd_shuffle") {
+        let n: u64 = stripped.parse().unwrap_or_else(|_| {
             span_bug!(span, "bad `simd_shuffle` instruction only caught in codegen?")
         });
 

compiler/rustc_llvm/build.rs

@@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ fn main() {
     cmd.args(&components);
 
     for lib in output(&mut cmd).split_whitespace() {
-        let name = if lib.starts_with("-l") {
-            &lib[2..]
-        } else if lib.starts_with('-') {
-            &lib[1..]
+        let name = if let Some(stripped) = lib.strip_prefix("-l") {
+            stripped
+        } else if let Some(stripped) = lib.strip_prefix('-') {
+            stripped
         } else if Path::new(lib).exists() {
             // On MSVC llvm-config will print the full name to libraries, but
             // we're only interested in the name part
@@ -241,17 +241,17 @@ fn main() {
     cmd.arg(llvm_link_arg).arg("--ldflags");
     for lib in output(&mut cmd).split_whitespace() {
         if is_crossed {
-            if lib.starts_with("-LIBPATH:") {
-                println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", lib[9..].replace(&host, &target));
-            } else if lib.starts_with("-L") {
-                println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", lib[2..].replace(&host, &target));
+            if let Some(stripped) = lib.strip_prefix("-LIBPATH:") {
+                println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", stripped.replace(&host, &target));
+            } else if let Some(stripped) = lib.strip_prefix("-L") {
+                println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", stripped.replace(&host, &target));
             }
-        } else if lib.starts_with("-LIBPATH:") {
-            println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", &lib[9..]);
-        } else if lib.starts_with("-l") {
-            println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib={}", &lib[2..]);
-        } else if lib.starts_with("-L") {
-            println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", &lib[2..]);
+        } else if let Some(stripped) = lib.strip_prefix("-LIBPATH:") {
+            println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", stripped);
+        } else if let Some(stripped) = lib.strip_prefix("-l") {
+            println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib={}", stripped);
+        } else if let Some(stripped) = lib.strip_prefix("-L") {
+            println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", stripped);
         }
     }
 
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ fn main() {
     let llvm_linker_flags = tracked_env_var_os("LLVM_LINKER_FLAGS");
     if let Some(s) = llvm_linker_flags {
         for lib in s.into_string().unwrap().split_whitespace() {
-            if lib.starts_with("-l") {
-                println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib={}", &lib[2..]);
-            } else if lib.starts_with("-L") {
-                println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", &lib[2..]);
+            if let Some(stripped) = lib.strip_prefix("-l") {
+                println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib={}", stripped);
+            } else if let Some(stripped) = lib.strip_prefix("-L") {
+                println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", stripped);
             }
         }
     }

src/bootstrap/dist.rs

@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ pub fn sanitize_sh(path: &Path) -> String {
     return change_drive(unc_to_lfs(&path)).unwrap_or(path);
 
     fn unc_to_lfs(s: &str) -> &str {
-        if s.starts_with("//?/") { &s[4..] } else { s }
+        s.strip_prefix("//?/").unwrap_or(s)
     }
 
     fn change_drive(s: &str) -> Option<String> {

src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs

@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ fn map_line(s: &str) -> Line<'_> {
     let trimmed = s.trim();
     if trimmed.starts_with("##") {
         Line::Shown(Cow::Owned(s.replacen("##", "#", 1)))
-    } else if trimmed.starts_with("# ") {
+    } else if let Some(stripped) = trimmed.strip_prefix("# ") {
         // # text
-        Line::Hidden(&trimmed[2..])
+        Line::Hidden(&stripped)
     } else if trimmed == "#" {
         // We cannot handle '#text' because it could be #[attr].
         Line::Hidden("")