Auto merge of #113220 - tgross35:cstr-bytes-docs, r=workingjubilee

Clarify documentation for `CStr`

* Better differentiate summaries for `from_bytes_until_nul` and `from_bytes_with_nul`
* Add some links where they may be helpful
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@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ impl CStr {
///
/// This function will wrap the provided `ptr` with a `CStr` wrapper, which
/// allows inspection and interoperation of non-owned C strings. The total
/// size of the raw C string must be smaller than `isize::MAX` **bytes**
/// in memory due to calling the `slice::from_raw_parts` function.
/// size of the terminated buffer must be smaller than [`isize::MAX`] **bytes**
/// in memory (a restriction from [`slice::from_raw_parts`]).
///
/// # Safety
///
@ -295,11 +295,11 @@ impl CStr {
}
}
/// Creates a C string wrapper from a byte slice.
/// Creates a C string wrapper from a byte slice with any number of nuls.
///
/// This method will create a `CStr` from any byte slice that contains at
/// least one nul byte. The caller does not need to know or specify where
/// the nul byte is located.
/// least one nul byte. Unlike with [`CStr::from_bytes_with_nul`], the caller
/// does not need to know where the nul byte is located.
///
/// If the first byte is a nul character, this method will return an
/// empty `CStr`. If multiple nul characters are present, the `CStr` will
@ -341,7 +341,8 @@ impl CStr {
}
}
/// Creates a C string wrapper from a byte slice.
/// Creates a C string wrapper from a byte slice with exactly one nul
/// terminator.
///
/// This function will cast the provided `bytes` to a `CStr`
/// wrapper after ensuring that the byte slice is nul-terminated