From cdbf2d6e3643c81211da65255138caf019a80cf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 11:58:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Move os_str docs to OsString in order to be visible in HTML (fixes #30743) --- src/libstd/ffi/os_str.rs | 40 +++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/libstd/ffi/os_str.rs b/src/libstd/ffi/os_str.rs index 90b108e6770..eb5ddecbd05 100644 --- a/src/libstd/ffi/os_str.rs +++ b/src/libstd/ffi/os_str.rs @@ -8,27 +8,6 @@ // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed // except according to those terms. -//! A type that can represent all platform-native strings, but is cheaply -//! interconvertable with Rust strings. -//! -//! The need for this type arises from the fact that: -//! -//! * On Unix systems, strings are often arbitrary sequences of non-zero -//! bytes, in many cases interpreted as UTF-8. -//! -//! * On Windows, strings are often arbitrary sequences of non-zero 16-bit -//! values, interpreted as UTF-16 when it is valid to do so. -//! -//! * In Rust, strings are always valid UTF-8, but may contain zeros. -//! -//! The types in this module bridge this gap by simultaneously representing Rust -//! and platform-native string values, and in particular allowing a Rust string -//! to be converted into an "OS" string with no cost. -//! -//! **Note**: At the moment, these types are extremely bare-bones, usable only -//! for conversion to/from various other string types. Eventually these types -//! will offer a full-fledged string API. - use borrow::{Borrow, Cow, ToOwned}; use ffi::CString; use fmt::{self, Debug}; @@ -42,14 +21,29 @@ use sys::os_str::{Buf, Slice}; use sys_common::{AsInner, IntoInner, FromInner}; -/// Owned, mutable OS strings. +/// A type that can represent owned, mutable platform-native strings, but is +/// cheaply interconvertable with Rust strings. +/// +/// The need for this type arises from the fact that: +/// +/// * On Unix systems, strings are often arbitrary sequences of non-zero +/// bytes, in many cases interpreted as UTF-8. +/// +/// * On Windows, strings are often arbitrary sequences of non-zero 16-bit +/// values, interpreted as UTF-16 when it is valid to do so. +/// +/// * In Rust, strings are always valid UTF-8, but may contain zeros. +/// +/// `OsString` and `OsStr` bridge this gap by simultaneously representing Rust +/// and platform-native string values, and in particular allowing a Rust string +/// to be converted into an "OS" string with no cost. #[derive(Clone)] #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] pub struct OsString { inner: Buf } -/// Slices into OS strings. +/// Slices into OS strings (see `OsString`). #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] pub struct OsStr { inner: Slice