Remove undocumented Record.new(tuple) feature

Author: José Valim

lib/elixir/lib/file.ex

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ defmodule File do
   def stat(path, opts // []) do
     case F.read_file_info(path, opts) do
       {:ok, fileinfo} ->
-        {:ok, File.Stat.new fileinfo}
+        {:ok, set_elem(fileinfo, 0, File.Stat) }
       error ->
         error
     end

lib/elixir/lib/record.ex

@@ -638,7 +638,6 @@ defmodule Record do
       @doc false
       def new([]), do: { __MODULE__, unquote_splicing(defaults) }
       def new(opts) when is_list(opts), do: { __MODULE__, unquote_splicing(selective) }
-      def new(tuple) when is_tuple(tuple), do: :erlang.setelement(1, tuple, __MODULE__)
     end
   end
 
@@ -780,7 +779,7 @@ defmodule Record do
       end
 
       @spec new :: t
-      @spec new(options | tuple) :: t
+      @spec new(options) :: t
       @spec to_keywords(t) :: options
       @spec update(options, t) :: t
       @spec __record__(:name) :: atom

lib/elixir/test/elixir/record_test.exs

@@ -78,21 +78,12 @@ defmodule RecordTest do
   require RecordTest.Macros
   RecordTest.Macros.gen
 
-  test :record_constructor_with_dict do
+  test :basic_functions do
     record   = RecordTest.FileInfo.new(type: :regular)
     assert record.type == :regular
     assert record.access == :undefined
   end
 
-  test :record_accessors do
-    record = RecordTest.FileInfo.new(file_info)
-    assert record.type == :regular
-    assert record.access == :read_write
-
-    new_record = record.access :read
-    assert new_record.access == :read
-  end
-
   test :dynamic_record_name do
     record = RecordTest.DynamicName.new
     assert record.a == 0
@@ -162,11 +153,6 @@ defmodule RecordTest do
     assert is_record(namespace, :xmlNamespace)
   end
 
-  defp file_info do
-    { :ok, file_info } = :file.read_file_info(__FILE__)
-    file_info
-  end
-
   defp empty_tuple, do: {}
   defp a_tuple, do: { :foo, :bar, :baz }
   defp a_list,  do: [ :foo, :bar, :baz ]