Added examples for converting vectors of u8 into strings. Also fixed some styling
Fixed fourcc example doc
Finalize the Seek API

This adopts the rules posted in #10432:

1. If a seek position is negative, then an error is generated
2. Seeks beyond the end-of-file are allowed. Future writes will fill the gap
   with data and future reads will return errors.
3. Seeks within the bounds of a file are fine.

Closes #10432
auto merge of #12194 : WebeWizard/rust/master, r=cmr
Removed ty_type (previously used to represent *tydesc).
auto merge of #12180 : eddyb/rust/rm-ty_type, r=nikomatsakis
auto merge of #12196 : dguenther/rust/fix-fourcc-example, r=alexcrichton

Cleans up a few issues with `fourcc`:
* Corrects the endianness in the docs example
* Removes `#[cfg(not(test))]` (bors might not build this on Windows. If the build fails, I'll re-add it)
* Adds a FIXME referencing the LLVM assert issue we encountered with bors builds on Windows (Same error as #10872)
auto merge of #12204 : alexcrichton/rust/seek, r=pcwalton

This adopts the rules posted in #10432:

1. If a seek position is negative, then an error is generated
2. Seeks beyond the end-of-file are allowed. Future writes will fill the gap
   with data and future reads will return errors.
3. Seeks within the bounds of a file are fine.

Closes #10432
Reenable some ignored test cases

* src/test/run-pass/issue-3559.rs was fixed in #4726
* src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-call-sendfn.rs was fixed in #2978
* update src/test/compile-fail/issue-5500-1.rs to work with current Rust
* removed src/test/compile-fail/issue-5500.rs because it is tested in
    src/test/run-fail/issue-5500.rs
* src/test/compile-fail/view-items-at-top.rs fixed
* #897 fixed
* compile-fail/issue-6762.rs issue was closed as dup of #6801
* deleted compile-fail/issue-2074.rs because it became irelevant and is
  irrelevant #2074, a test covering this was added in
  4f92f452bd701fb39156d66d4756cc48cc396a8a
Ignore another fourcc test on cross compiles
auto merge of #12216 : alexcrichton/rust/another-snap-fix, r=brson

Hurray more snapshot blockers!
auto merge of #12165 : fhahn/rust/change-some-tests, r=alexcrichton

While working on #11363 I stumbled over a couple of ignored tests, that seem to be fixed or invalid.

* src/test/run-pass/issue-3559.rs was fixed in #4726
* src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-call-sendfn.rs was fixed in #2978
* update src/test/compile-fail/issue-5500-1.rs to work with current Rust (I'm not 100% sure if the original condition is tested as mentioned in #5500, but I think so)
* removed src/test/compile-fail/issue-5500.rs because it is tested in
    src/test/run-fail/issue-5500.rs (they are the same test cases, I just renamed src/test/run-fail/addr-of-bot.rs to be consistent with the other issue name