remove deprecated procs (#12535)

tests/parallel/tmissing_deepcopy.nim

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ proc greet(p:Person) =
     " friend:", p.friend.name, "(", cast[int](addr p.friend.name),") }"
 
 proc setup =
-  for i in 0 .. <20:
+  for i in 0 ..< 20:
     people.add newPerson("Person" & $(i + 1))
-  for i in 0 .. <20:
+  for i in 0 ..< 20:
     people[i].friend = people[19-i]
 
 proc update =

tests/parallel/tsimple_array_checks.nim

@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ proc main =
   parallel:
     for n in nums: # Error: cannot prove: i <= len(nums) + -1
       spawn log(n)
-    #for i in 0 .. <nums.len: # Error: cannot prove: i <= len(nums) + -1
+    #for i in 0 ..< nums.len: # Error: cannot prove: i <= len(nums) + -1
     #for i in 0 .. nums.len-1: # WORKS!
-    #for i in 0 .. <nums.len: # WORKS!
+    #for i in 0 ..< nums.len: # WORKS!
     #  spawn log(nums[i])
 
 # Array needs explicit size to work, probably related to issue #2287

tests/parallel/twrong_refcounts.nim

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-discard """
-  output: "Success"
-  target: "c"
-"""
-
-# Note: target: "cpp" fails because we can't yet have `extern "C"` mangling in
-# `exportc` procs.
-import math, random, threadPool
-
-# ---
-
-type
-  Person = object
-    age: int
-    friend: ref Person
-
-var
-  people: seq[ref Person] = @[]
-
-proc newPerson(age:int): ref Person =
-  result.new()
-  result.age = age
-
-proc greet(p:Person) =
-  #echo p.age, ", ", p.friend.age
-  p.friend.age += 1
-
-# ---
-
-proc setup =
-  for i in 0 .. <20:
-    people.add newPerson(i + 1)
-  for i in 0 .. <20:
-    people[i].friend = people[random(20)]
-
-proc update =
-  var countA: array[20, int]
-  var countB: array[20, int]
-
-  for i, p in people:
-    countA[i] = getRefCount(p)
-  parallel:
-    for i in 0 .. people.high:
-      spawn greet(people[i][])
-  for i, p in people:
-    countB[i] = getRefCount(p)
-
-  for i in 0 .. <20:
-    doAssert countA[i] == countB[i]
-  echo "Success"
-
-# ---
-
-when true:
-  setup()
-  update()