From a1ec5448c77bee8d91c7e33d16416406b22fa159 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Holland <josh@inv.alid.pw>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 18:57:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] make ArrayList.span into a compile error

---
 lib/std/array_list.zig | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/std/array_list.zig b/lib/std/array_list.zig
index 51d4d65df7..ab47510cb7 100644
--- a/lib/std/array_list.zig
+++ b/lib/std/array_list.zig
@@ -59,13 +59,7 @@ pub fn ArrayListAligned(comptime T: type, comptime alignment: ?u29) type {
             self.allocator.free(self.allocatedSlice());
         }
 
-        /// Deprecated: use `items` field directly.
-        /// Return contents as a slice. Only valid while the list
-        /// doesn't change size.
-        pub fn span(self: anytype) @TypeOf(self.items) {
-            return self.items;
-        }
-
+        pub const span = @compileError("deprecated: use `items` field directly");
         pub const toSlice = @compileError("deprecated: use `items` field directly");
         pub const toSliceConst = @compileError("deprecated: use `items` field directly");
         pub const at = @compileError("deprecated: use `list.items[i]`");