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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstd/ffi/c_str.rs | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/ffi/c_str.rs b/src/libstd/ffi/c_str.rs index 01d2b70e423..0d0280e2586 100644 --- a/src/libstd/ffi/c_str.rs +++ b/src/libstd/ffi/c_str.rs @@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ use ptr; use slice; use str::{self, Utf8Error}; -/// A type representing an owned, C-compatible, UTF-8 string. +/// A type representing an owned, C-compatible, nul-terminated string with no nul bytes in the +/// middle. /// /// This type serves the purpose of being able to safely generate a -/// C-compatible UTF-8 string from a Rust byte slice or vector. An instance of this +/// C-compatible string from a Rust byte slice or vector. An instance of this /// type is a static guarantee that the underlying bytes contain no interior 0 /// bytes ("nul characters") and that the final byte is 0 ("nul terminator"). /// @@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ impl CString { Box::into_raw(self.into_inner()) as *mut c_char } - /// Converts the `CString` into a [`String`] if it contains valid Unicode data. + /// Converts the `CString` into a [`String`] if it contains valid UTF-8 data. /// /// On failure, ownership of the original `CString` is returned. /// |