This is PR is the beginning of a complete rewrite and ultimate removal of the `std::num::strconv` module (see #6220), and the removal of the `ToStrRadix` trait in favour of using the `std::fmt` functionality directly. This should make for a cleaner API, encourage less allocation, and make the implementation more comprehensible .
The `Formatter::{pad_integral, with_padding}` methods have also been refactored make things easier to understand.
The formatting tests for integers have been moved out of `run-pass/ifmt.rs` in order to provide more immediate feedback when building using `make check-stage2-std NO_REBUILD=1`.
Arbitrary radixes are now easier to use in format strings. For example:
~~~rust
assert_eq!(format!("{:04}", radix(3, 2)), ~"0011");
~~~
The benchmarks have been standardised between `std::num::strconv` and `std::num::fmt` to make it easier to compare the performance of the different implementations.
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type | radix | std::num::strconv | std::num::fmt
======|=======|========================|======================
int | bin | 1748 ns/iter (+/- 150) | 321 ns/iter (+/- 25)
int | oct | 706 ns/iter (+/- 53) | 179 ns/iter (+/- 22)
int | dec | 640 ns/iter (+/- 59) | 207 ns/iter (+/- 10)
int | hex | 637 ns/iter (+/- 77) | 205 ns/iter (+/- 19)
int | 36 | 446 ns/iter (+/- 30) | 309 ns/iter (+/- 20)
------|-------|------------------------|----------------------
uint | bin | 1724 ns/iter (+/- 159) | 322 ns/iter (+/- 13)
uint | oct | 663 ns/iter (+/- 25) | 175 ns/iter (+/- 7)
uint | dec | 613 ns/iter (+/- 30) | 186 ns/iter (+/- 6)
uint | hex | 519 ns/iter (+/- 44) | 207 ns/iter (+/- 20)
uint | 36 | 418 ns/iter (+/- 16) | 308 ns/iter (+/- 32)
~~~