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diff --git a/library/std/src/ffi/mod.rs b/library/std/src/ffi/mod.rs index d987bf69b25..3ddb8748753 100644 --- a/library/std/src/ffi/mod.rs +++ b/library/std/src/ffi/mod.rs @@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ //! trait, which provides a [`from_wide`] method to convert a native Windows //! string (without the terminating nul character) to an [`OsString`]. //! +//! ## On all platforms +//! +//! On all platforms, [`OsStr`] consists of a sequence of bytes that is encoded as a superset of +//! UTF-8; see [`OsString`] for more details on its encoding on different platforms. +//! +//! For limited, inexpensive conversions from and to bytes, see [`OsStr::as_os_str_bytes`] and +//! [`OsStr::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked`]. +//! //! [Unicode scalar value]: https://www.unicode.org/glossary/#unicode_scalar_value //! [Unicode code point]: https://www.unicode.org/glossary/#code_point //! [`env::set_var()`]: crate::env::set_var "env::set_var" |