rust/src/libstd/prelude
Aaron Turon 8389253df0 Add generic conversion traits
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* Introduces `std::convert`, providing an implementation of
RFC 529.

* Deprecates the `AsPath`, `AsOsStr`, and `IntoBytes` traits, all
in favor of the corresponding generic conversion traits.

  Consequently, various IO APIs now take `AsRef<Path>` rather than
`AsPath`, and so on. Since the types provided by `std` implement both
traits, this should cause relatively little breakage.

* Deprecates many `from_foo` constructors in favor of `from`.

* Changes `PathBuf::new` to take no argument (creating an empty buffer,
  as per convention). The previous behavior is now available as
  `PathBuf::from`.

* De-stabilizes `IntoCow`. It's not clear whether we need this separate trait.

Closes #22751
Closes #14433

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mod.rs grandfathered -> rust1 2015-01-23 21:48:20 -08:00
v1.rs Add generic conversion traits 2015-03-23 15:01:45 -07:00