From c39e9f3437bae430af39b1843aacf5399b8a4758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mdinger Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 00:46:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Reword &str coercion into viewing --- src/doc/guide.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/doc/guide.md b/src/doc/guide.md index 2a74180393c..87816134378 100644 --- a/src/doc/guide.md +++ b/src/doc/guide.md @@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ s.push_str(", world."); println!("{}", s); ``` -You can coerce a `String` into a `&str` with the `as_slice()` method: +You can get a `&str` view into a `String` with the `as_slice()` method: ```{rust} fn takes_slice(slice: &str) { @@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ fn compare(string: String) { } ``` -Converting a `String` to a `&str` is cheap, but converting the `&str` to a +Viewing a `String` as a `&str` is cheap, but converting the `&str` to a `String` involves allocating memory. No reason to do that unless you have to! That's the basics of strings in Rust! They're probably a bit more complicated