Review of newline usage, tweak phase strings

Author: som-snytt

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/CliCommand.scala

@@ -146,14 +146,13 @@ trait CliCommand:
     protected def value(using ss: SettingsState): T = setting.valueIn(ss)
 
   extension (s: String)
-    def padLeft(width: Int): String = StringBuilder().tap(_.append(" " * (width - s.length)).append(s)).toString
+    def padLeft(width: Int): String = String.format(s"%${width}s", s)
 
   // Formatting for -help and -Vphases in two columns, handling long field1 and wrapping long field2
   class Columnator(heading1: String, heading2: String, maxField: Int, separation: Int = 2):
     def apply(texts: List[List[(String, String)]])(using Context): String = StringBuilder().tap(columnate(_, texts)).toString
 
     private def columnate(sb: StringBuilder, texts: List[List[(String, String)]])(using Context): Unit =
-      import scala.util.Properties.{lineSeparator => EOL}
       import Highlighting.*
       val colors = Seq(Green(_), Yellow(_), Magenta(_), Cyan(_), Red(_))
       val nocolor = texts.length == 1
@@ -162,6 +161,7 @@ trait CliCommand:
       val field1 = maxField.min(texts.flatten.map(_._1.length).filter(_ < maxField).max) // widest field under maxField
       val field2 = if field1 + separation + maxField < maxCol then maxCol - field1 - separation else 0 // skinny window -> terminal wrap
       val separator = " " * separation
+      val EOL = "\n"
       def formatField1(text: String): String = if text.length <= field1 then text.padLeft(field1) else text + EOL + "".padLeft(field1)
       def formatField2(text: String): String =
         def loopOverField2(fld: String): List[String] =

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/InterceptedMethods.scala

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import dotty.tools.dotc.transform.MegaPhase.MiniPhase
 
 object InterceptedMethods {
   val name: String = "intercepted"
-  val description: String = "handling of `==`, `|=`, `getClass` methods"
+  val description: String = "rewrite universal `!=`, `##` methods"
 }
 
 /** Replace member references as follows:

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/LiftTry.scala

@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@ class LiftTry extends MiniPhase with IdentityDenotTransformer { thisPhase =>
 }
 object LiftTry:
   val name = "liftTry"
-  val description: String = "Lifts try's that might be executed on non-empty expression stacks"
+  val description: String = "lift any try that might be executed on a non-empty expression stack"

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/UninitializedDefs.scala

@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ class UninitializedDefs extends MiniPhase:
 end UninitializedDefs
 
 object UninitializedDefs:
-  val name: String = "uninitializedDefs"
-  val description: String = "replaces `compiletime.uninitialized` by `_`"
+  val name: String = "uninitialized"
+  val description: String = "eliminates `compiletime.uninitialized`"
 end UninitializedDefs

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/localopt/StringInterpolatorOpt.scala

@@ -182,5 +182,5 @@ class StringInterpolatorOpt extends MiniPhase {
 }
 
 object StringInterpolatorOpt:
-  val name: String = "stringInterpolatorOpt"
-  val description: String = "optimize raw and s string interpolators"
+  val name: String = "interpolators"
+  val description: String = "optimize raw, s, and f string interpolators"