Deprecate takebuf_string() and rename takebuf_array() to take!()

takebuf_string(b) is now simply String(take!(b)). Also remove
jl_takebuf_string, which did the same conversion from array to string in C,
and rename {jl,ios}_takebuf_array() to {jl,ios}_take_buffer().

base/LineEdit.jl

@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ function refresh_multi_line(terminal::UnixTerminal, args...; kwargs...)
     termbuf = TerminalBuffer(outbuf)
     ret = refresh_multi_line(termbuf, terminal, args...;kwargs...)
     # Output the entire refresh at once
-    write(terminal, takebuf_array(outbuf))
+    write(terminal, take!(outbuf))
     flush(terminal)
     return ret
 end
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ function normalize_key(key::AbstractString)
             write(buf, c)
         end
     end
-    return takebuf_string(buf)
+    return String(take!(buf))
 end
 
 function normalize_keys(keymap::Dict)
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ end
 activate(m::ModalInterface, s::MIState, termbuf, term::TextTerminal) =
     activate(s.current_mode, s, termbuf, term)
 
-commit_changes(t::UnixTerminal, termbuf) = write(t, takebuf_array(termbuf.out_stream))
+commit_changes(t::UnixTerminal, termbuf) = write(t, take!(termbuf.out_stream))
 function transition(f::Function, s::MIState, mode)
     if mode === :abort
         s.aborted = true

base/REPL.jl

@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ function respond(f, repl, main; pass_empty = false)
         if !ok
             return transition(s, :abort)
         end
-        line = takebuf_string(buf)
+        line = String(take!(buf))
         if !isempty(line) || pass_empty
             reset(repl)
             val, bt = send_to_backend(f(line), backend(repl))
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ function setup_interface(repl::LineEditREPL; hascolor = repl.hascolor, extra_rep
                 return
             end
             edit_insert(sbuffer, input)
-            input = takebuf_string(sbuffer)
+            input = String(take!(sbuffer))
             oldpos = start(input)
             firstline = true
             isprompt_paste = false

base/REPLCompletions.jl

@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ function complete_methods(ex_org::Expr)
         # Check if the method's type signature intersects the input types
         if typeintersect(Tuple{method.sig.parameters[1 : min(na, end)]...}, t_in) != Union{}
             show(io, method, kwtype=kwtype)
-            push!(out, takebuf_string(io))
+            push!(out, String(take!(io)))
         end
     end
     return out

base/base64.jl

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ function base64encode(f::Function, args...)
     b = Base64EncodePipe(s)
     f(b, args...)
     close(b)
-    takebuf_string(s)
+    String(take!(s))
 end
 base64encode(x...) = base64encode(write, x...)
 

base/c.jl

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ transcode{T<:Union{Int32,UInt32}}(::Type{T}, src::Vector{UInt8}) = transcode(T,
 function transcode{S<:Union{Int32,UInt32}}(::Type{UInt8}, src::Vector{S})
     buf = IOBuffer()
     for c in src; print(buf, Char(c)); end
-    takebuf_array(buf)
+    take!(buf)
 end
 transcode(::Type{String}, src::String) = src
 transcode(T, src::String) = transcode(T, src.data)

base/datafmt.jl

@@ -643,9 +643,9 @@ function writedlm(io::IO, a::AbstractMatrix, dlm; opts...)
             writedlm_cell(pb, a[i, j], dlm, quotes)
             j == lastc ? write(pb,'\n') : print(pb,dlm)
         end
-        (nb_available(pb) > (16*1024)) && write(io, takebuf_array(pb))
+        (nb_available(pb) > (16*1024)) && write(io, take!(pb))
     end
-    write(io, takebuf_array(pb))
+    write(io, take!(pb))
     nothing
 end
 
@@ -677,9 +677,9 @@ function writedlm(io::IO, itr, dlm; opts...)
     pb = PipeBuffer()
     for row in itr
         writedlm_row(pb, row, dlm, quotes)
-        (nb_available(pb) > (16*1024)) && write(io, takebuf_array(pb))
+        (nb_available(pb) > (16*1024)) && write(io, take!(pb))
     end
-    write(io, takebuf_array(pb))
+    write(io, take!(pb))
     nothing
 end
 

base/deprecated.jl

@@ -1109,4 +1109,8 @@ end)
 @deprecate den denominator
 @deprecate num numerator
 
+# #19088
+@deprecate takebuf_array take!
+@deprecate takebuf_string(b) String(take!(b))
+
 # End deprecations scheduled for 0.6

base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl

@@ -52,14 +52,6 @@ Compute the inverse sine of `x`, where the output is in radians.
 """
 asin
 
-"""
-    takebuf_array(b::IOBuffer)
-
-Obtain the contents of an `IOBuffer` as an array, without copying. Afterwards, the
-`IOBuffer` is reset to its initial state.
-"""
-takebuf_array
-
 """
     pointer(array [, index])
 

base/exports.jl

@@ -1166,8 +1166,7 @@ export
     serialize,
     skip,
     skipchars,
-    takebuf_array,
-    takebuf_string,
+    take!,
     truncate,
     unmark,
     watch_file,

base/io.jl

@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ function readuntil(s::IO, delim::Char)
             break
         end
     end
-    return takebuf_string(out)
+    return String(take!(out))
 end
 
 function readuntil{T}(s::IO, delim::T)
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ function readuntil(s::IO, t::AbstractString)
             break
         end
     end
-    return takebuf_string(out)
+    return String(take!(out))
 end
 
 readline() = readline(STDIN)

base/iobuffer.jl

@@ -253,7 +253,13 @@ function String(io::AbstractIOBuffer)
     return String(copy!(Array{UInt8}(io.size), 1, io.data, 1, io.size))
 end
 
-function takebuf_array(io::AbstractIOBuffer)
+"""
+    take!(b::IOBuffer)
+
+Obtain the contents of an `IOBuffer` as an array, without copying. Afterwards, the
+`IOBuffer` is reset to its initial state.
+"""
+function take!(io::AbstractIOBuffer)
     ismarked(io) && unmark(io)
     if io.seekable
         nbytes = io.size
@@ -268,7 +274,7 @@ function takebuf_array(io::AbstractIOBuffer)
     end
     return data
 end
-function takebuf_array(io::IOBuffer)
+function take!(io::IOBuffer)
     ismarked(io) && unmark(io)
     if io.seekable
         data = io.data
@@ -291,14 +297,6 @@ function takebuf_array(io::IOBuffer)
     return data
 end
 
-"""
-    takebuf_string(b::IOBuffer)
-
-Obtain the contents of an `IOBuffer` as a string, without copying.
-Afterwards, the `IOBuffer` is reset to its initial state.
-"""
-takebuf_string(io::AbstractIOBuffer) = String(takebuf_array(io))
-
 function write(to::AbstractIOBuffer, from::AbstractIOBuffer)
     if to === from
         from.ptr = from.size + 1

base/iostream.jl

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type IOStream <: IO
     IOStream(name::AbstractString, buf::Array{UInt8,1}) = new(pointer(buf), buf, name, -1)
 end
 # TODO: delay adding finalizer, e.g. for memio with a small buffer, or
-# in the case where we takebuf it.
+# in the case where we take! it.
 function IOStream(name::AbstractString, finalize::Bool)
     buf = zeros(UInt8,sizeof_ios_t)
     x = IOStream(name, buf)
@@ -218,11 +218,8 @@ function write(s::IOStream, c::Char)
 end
 read(s::IOStream, ::Type{Char}) = Char(ccall(:jl_getutf8, UInt32, (Ptr{Void},), s.ios))
 
-takebuf_string(s::IOStream) =
-    ccall(:jl_takebuf_string, Ref{String}, (Ptr{Void},), s.ios)
-
-takebuf_array(s::IOStream) =
-    ccall(:jl_takebuf_array, Vector{UInt8}, (Ptr{Void},), s.ios)
+take!(s::IOStream) =
+    ccall(:jl_take_buffer, Vector{UInt8}, (Ptr{Void},), s.ios)
 
 function takebuf_raw(s::IOStream)
     sz = position(s)

base/markdown/Common/block.jl

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function indentcode(stream::IO, block::MD)
                 break
             end
         end
-        code = takebuf_string(buffer)
+        code = String(take!(buffer))
         !isempty(code) && (push!(block, Code(rstrip(code))); return true)
         return false
     end
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ function blockquote(stream::IO, block::MD)
         end
         empty && return false
 
-        md = takebuf_string(buffer)
+        md = String(take!(buffer))
         push!(block, BlockQuote(parse(md, flavor = config(block)).content))
         return true
     end
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ function admonition(stream::IO, block::MD)
             end
         end
         # Parse the nested block as markdown and create a new Admonition block.
-        nested = parse(takebuf_string(buffer), flavor = config(block))
+        nested = parse(String(take!(buffer)), flavor = config(block))
         push!(block, Admonition(category, title, nested.content))
         return true
     end
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ function list(stream::IO, block::MD)
         return true
     end
 end
-pushitem!(list, buffer) = push!(list.items, parse(takebuf_string(buffer)).content)
+pushitem!(list, buffer) = push!(list.items, parse(String(take!(buffer))).content)
 
 # ––––––––––––––
 # HorizontalRule

base/markdown/GitHub/GitHub.jl

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ function fencedcode(stream::IO, block::MD)
             if startswith(stream, string(ch) ^ n)
                 if !startswith(stream, string(ch))
                     if flavor == "math"
-                        push!(block, LaTeX(takebuf_string(buffer) |> chomp))
+                        push!(block, LaTeX(String(take!(buffer)) |> chomp))
                     else
-                        push!(block, Code(flavor, takebuf_string(buffer) |> chomp))
+                        push!(block, Code(flavor, String(take!(buffer)) |> chomp))
                     end
                     return true
                 else

base/markdown/parse/parse.jl

@@ -56,15 +56,15 @@ function parseinline(stream::IO, md::MD, config::Config)
         char = Char(peek(stream))
         if haskey(config.inner, char) &&
                 (inner = parseinline(stream, md, config.inner[char])) !== nothing
-            c = takebuf_string(buffer)
+            c = String(take!(buffer))
             !isempty(c) && push!(content, c)
             buffer = IOBuffer()
             push!(content, inner)
         else
             write(buffer, read(stream, Char))
         end
     end
-    c = takebuf_string(buffer)
+    c = String(take!(buffer))
     !isempty(c) && push!(content, c)
     return content
 end

base/markdown/parse/util.jl

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function readuntil(stream::IO, delimiter; newlines = false, match = nothing)
         while !eof(stream)
             if startswith(stream, delimiter)
                 if count == 0
-                    return takebuf_string(buffer)
+                    return String(take!(buffer))
                 else
                     count -= 1
                     write(buffer, delimiter)
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function parse_inline_wrapper(stream::IO, delimiter::AbstractString; rep = false
             if !(char in whitespace || char == '\n' || char in delimiter) && startswith(stream, delimiter^n)
                 trailing = 0
                 while startswith(stream, delimiter); trailing += 1; end
-                trailing == 0 && return takebuf_string(buffer)
+                trailing == 0 && return String(take!(buffer))
                 write(buffer, delimiter ^ (n + trailing))
             end
         end

base/multimedia.jl

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ _textreprmime(m::MIME"text/plain", x::AbstractString) =
 function _binreprmime(m::MIME, x)
     s = IOBuffer()
     verbose_show(s, m, x)
-    takebuf_array(s)
+    take!(s)
 end
 _binreprmime(m::MIME, x::Vector{UInt8}) = x
 

base/precompile.jl

@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ precompile(Base.systemerror, (Symbol, Bool))
 precompile(Base.take!, (Base.RemoteValue,))
 precompile(Base.take!, (RemoteChannel,))
 precompile(Base.take_ref, (Tuple{Int,Int},))
-precompile(Base.takebuf_string, (IOBuffer,))
+precompile(Base.take!, (IOBuffer,))
 precompile(Base.task_local_storage, ())
 precompile(Base.terminate_all_workers, ())
 precompile(Base.try_include, (String,))

base/printf.jl

@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ function gen_g(flags::String, width::Int, precision::Int, c::Char)
     # need to compute value before left-padding since trailing zeros are elided
     push!(blk.args, :(tmpout = IOBuffer()))
     push!(blk.args, :(print_fixed(tmpout,fprec,pt,len,$('#' in flags))))
-    push!(blk.args, :(tmpstr = takebuf_string(tmpout)))
+    push!(blk.args, :(tmpstr = String(take!(tmpout))))
     push!(blk.args, :(width -= length(tmpstr)))
     if '+' in flags || ' ' in flags
         push!(blk.args, :(width -= 1))
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ function bigfloat_printf(out, d, flags::String, width::Int, precision::Int, c::C
     write(fmt, 'R')
     write(fmt, c)
     write(fmt, UInt8(0))
-    printf_fmt = takebuf_array(fmt)
+    printf_fmt = take!(fmt)
     @assert length(printf_fmt) == fmt_len
     bufsiz = length(DIGITS) - 1
     lng = ccall((:mpfr_snprintf,:libmpfr), Int32, (Ptr{UInt8}, Culong, Ptr{UInt8}, Ptr{BigFloat}...), DIGITS, bufsiz, printf_fmt, &d)
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ macro sprintf(args...)
     isa(args[1], AbstractString) || is_str_expr(args[1]) ||
         throw(ArgumentError("@sprintf: first argument must be a format string"))
     letexpr = _printf("@sprintf", :(IOBuffer()), args[1], args[2:end])
-    push!(letexpr.args[1].args, :(takebuf_string(out)))
+    push!(letexpr.args[1].args, :(String(take!(out))))
     letexpr
 end
 

base/replutil.jl

@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ function show_method_candidates(io::IO, ex::MethodError, kwargs::Vector=Any[])
                     break
                 end
                 i += 1
-                print(io, takebuf_string(line[1]))
+                print(io, String(take!(line[1])))
             end
         end
     end

base/stream.jl

@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ end
 
 function read(stream::LibuvStream)
     wait_readnb(stream, typemax(Int))
-    return takebuf_array(stream.buffer)
+    return take!(stream.buffer)
 end
 
 function unsafe_read(s::LibuvStream, p::Ptr{UInt8}, nb::UInt)
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ function readavailable(this::LibuvStream)
     wait_readnb(this, 1)
     buf = this.buffer
     @assert buf.seekable == false
-    return takebuf_array(buf)
+    return take!(buf)
 end
 
 function readuntil(this::LibuvStream, c::UInt8)
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ function flush(s::LibuvStream)
     end
     buf = get(s.sendbuf)
     if nb_available(buf) > 0
-        arr = takebuf_array(buf)        # Array of UInt8s
+        arr = take!(buf)        # Array of UInt8s
         uv_write(s, arr)
     end
     return

base/strings/basic.jl

@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ function map(f, s::AbstractString)
         end
         write(out, c2::Char)
     end
-    String(takebuf_array(out))
+    String(take!(out))
 end
 
 function filter(f, s::AbstractString)
@@ -453,5 +453,5 @@ function filter(f, s::AbstractString)
             write(out, c)
         end
     end
-    takebuf_string(out)
+    String(take!(out))
 end