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diff --git a/src/libstd/ascii.rs b/src/libstd/ascii.rs index 12ea9ab431d..b3625386209 100644 --- a/src/libstd/ascii.rs +++ b/src/libstd/ascii.rs @@ -9,6 +9,20 @@ // except according to those terms. //! Operations on ASCII strings and characters. +//! +//! Most string operations in Rust act on UTF-8 strings. However, at times it +//! makes more sense to only consider the ASCII character set for a specific +//! operation. +//! +//! The [`AsciiExt`] trait provides methods that allow for character +//! operations that only act on the ASCII subset and leave non-ASCII characters +//! alone. +//! +//! The [`escape_default`] function provides an iterator over the bytes of an +//! escaped version of the character given. +//! +//! [`AsciiExt`]: trait.AsciiExt.html +//! [`escape_default`]: fn.escape_default.html #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] |