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authorAlex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>2015-01-20 15:45:07 -0800
committerAlex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>2015-01-20 22:36:13 -0800
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std: Rename Show/String to Debug/Display
This commit is an implementation of [RFC 565][rfc] which is a stabilization of
the `std::fmt` module and the implementations of various formatting traits.
Specifically, the following changes were performed:

[rfc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0565-show-string-guidelines.md

* The `Show` trait is now deprecated, it was renamed to `Debug`
* The `String` trait is now deprecated, it was renamed to `Display`
* Many `Debug` and `Display` implementations were audited in accordance with the
  RFC and audited implementations now have the `#[stable]` attribute
  * Integers and floats no longer print a suffix
  * Smart pointers no longer print details that they are a smart pointer
  * Paths with `Debug` are now quoted and escape characters
* The `unwrap` methods on `Result` now require `Display` instead of `Debug`
* The `Error` trait no longer has a `detail` method and now requires that
  `Display` must be implemented. With the loss of `String`, this has moved into
  libcore.
* `impl<E: Error> FromError<E> for Box<Error>` now exists
* `derive(Show)` has been renamed to `derive(Debug)`. This is not currently
  warned about due to warnings being emitted on stage1+

While backwards compatibility is attempted to be maintained with a blanket
implementation of `Display` for the old `String` trait (and the same for
`Show`/`Debug`) this is still a breaking change due to primitives no longer
implementing `String` as well as modifications such as `unwrap` and the `Error`
trait. Most code is fairly straightforward to update with a rename or tweaks of
method calls.

[breaking-change]
Closes #21436
Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstd/lib.rs')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/lib.rs b/src/libstd/lib.rs
index 648326eee99..9bfc15f1438 100644
--- a/src/libstd/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/lib.rs
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ pub use core::raw;
 pub use core::simd;
 pub use core::result;
 pub use core::option;
+pub use core::error;
 
 #[cfg(not(test))] pub use alloc::boxed;
 pub use alloc::rc;
@@ -228,7 +229,6 @@ pub mod thunk;
 
 /* Common traits */
 
-pub mod error;
 pub mod num;
 
 /* Runtime and platform support */