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+// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+//! Cross-platform path support
+//!
+//! This module implements support for two flavors of paths. `PosixPath` represents a path on any
+//! unix-like system, whereas `WindowsPath` represents a path on Windows. This module also exposes
+//! a typedef `Path` which is equal to the appropriate platform-specific path variant.
+//!
+//! Both `PosixPath` and `WindowsPath` implement a trait `GenericPath`, which contains the set of
+//! methods that behave the same for both paths. They each also implement some methods that could
+//! not be expressed in `GenericPath`, yet behave identically for both path flavors, such as
+//! `.components()`.
+//!
+//! The three main design goals of this module are 1) to avoid unnecessary allocation, 2) to behave
+//! the same regardless of which flavor of path is being used, and 3) to support paths that cannot
+//! be represented in UTF-8 (as Linux has no restriction on paths beyond disallowing NUL).
+//!
+//! ## Usage
+//!
+//! Usage of this module is fairly straightforward. Unless writing platform-specific code, `Path`
+//! should be used to refer to the platform-native path.
+//!
+//! Creation of a path is typically done with either `Path::new(some_str)` or
+//! `Path::new(some_vec)`. This path can be modified with `.push()` and `.pop()` (and other
+//! setters). The resulting Path can either be passed to another API that expects a path, or can be
+//! turned into a `&[u8]` with `.as_vec()` or a `Option<&str>` with `.as_str()`. Similarly,
+//! attributes of the path can be queried with methods such as `.filename()`. There are also
+//! methods that return a new path instead of modifying the receiver, such as `.join()` or
+//! `.dir_path()`.
+//!
+//! Paths are always kept in normalized form. This means that creating the path
+//! `Path::new("a/b/../c")` will return the path `a/c`. Similarly any attempt to mutate the path
+//! will always leave it in normalized form.
+//!
+//! When rendering a path to some form of output, there is a method `.display()` which is
+//! compatible with the `format!()` parameter `{}`. This will render the path as a string,
+//! replacing all non-utf8 sequences with the Replacement Character (U+FFFD). As such it is not
+//! suitable for passing to any API that actually operates on the path; it is only intended for
+//! display.
+//!
+//! ## Example
+//!
+//! ```rust
+//! use std::old_io::fs::PathExtensions;
+//!
+//! let mut path = Path::new("/tmp/path");
+//! println!("path: {}", path.display());
+//! path.set_filename("foo");
+//! path.push("bar");
+//! println!("new path: {}", path.display());
+//! println!("path exists: {}", path.exists());
+//! ```
+
+#![unstable(feature = "path")]
+
+use core::marker::Sized;
+use ffi::CString;
+use clone::Clone;
+use fmt;
+use iter::IteratorExt;
+use option::Option;
+use option::Option::{None, Some};
+use str;
+use str::StrExt;
+use string::{String, CowString};
+use slice::SliceExt;
+use vec::Vec;
+
+/// Typedef for POSIX file paths.
+/// See `posix::Path` for more info.
+pub use self::posix::Path as PosixPath;
+
+/// Typedef for Windows file paths.
+/// See `windows::Path` for more info.
+pub use self::windows::Path as WindowsPath;
+
+/// Typedef for the platform-native path type
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub use self::posix::Path as Path;
+/// Typedef for the platform-native path type
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub use self::windows::Path as Path;
+
+/// Typedef for the platform-native component iterator
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub use self::posix::Components as Components;
+/// Typedef for the platform-native component iterator
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub use self::windows::Components as Components;
+
+/// Typedef for the platform-native str component iterator
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub use self::posix::StrComponents as StrComponents;
+/// Typedef for the platform-native str component iterator
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub use self::windows::StrComponents as StrComponents;
+
+/// Alias for the platform-native separator character.
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub use self::posix::SEP as SEP;
+/// Alias for the platform-native separator character.
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub use self::windows::SEP as SEP;
+
+/// Alias for the platform-native separator byte.
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub use self::posix::SEP_BYTE as SEP_BYTE;
+/// Alias for the platform-native separator byte.
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub use self::windows::SEP_BYTE as SEP_BYTE;
+
+/// Typedef for the platform-native separator char func
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub use self::posix::is_sep as is_sep;
+/// Typedef for the platform-native separator char func
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub use self::windows::is_sep as is_sep;
+/// Typedef for the platform-native separator byte func
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub use self::posix::is_sep_byte as is_sep_byte;
+/// Typedef for the platform-native separator byte func
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub use self::windows::is_sep_byte as is_sep_byte;
+
+pub mod posix;
+pub mod windows;
+
+/// A trait that represents the generic operations available on paths
+pub trait GenericPath: Clone + GenericPathUnsafe {
+    /// Creates a new Path from a byte vector or string.
+    /// The resulting Path will always be normalized.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let path = Path::new("foo/bar");
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Panics the task if the path contains a NUL.
+    ///
+    /// See individual Path impls for additional restrictions.
+    #[inline]
+    fn new<T: BytesContainer>(path: T) -> Self {
+        assert!(!contains_nul(&path));
+        unsafe { GenericPathUnsafe::new_unchecked(path) }
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new Path from a byte vector or string, if possible.
+    /// The resulting Path will always be normalized.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let x: &[u8] = b"foo\0";
+    /// assert!(Path::new_opt(x).is_none());
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    fn new_opt<T: BytesContainer>(path: T) -> Option<Self> {
+        if contains_nul(&path) {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(unsafe { GenericPathUnsafe::new_unchecked(path) })
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the path as a string, if possible.
+    /// If the path is not representable in utf-8, this returns None.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("/abc/def");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.as_str(), Some("/abc/def"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+        str::from_utf8(self.as_vec()).ok()
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the path as a byte vector
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("abc/def");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.as_vec(), b"abc/def");
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn as_vec<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a [u8];
+
+    /// Converts the Path into an owned byte vector
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("abc/def");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.into_vec(), b"abc/def".to_vec());
+    /// // attempting to use p now results in "error: use of moved value"
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn into_vec(self) -> Vec<u8>;
+
+    /// Returns an object that implements `Show` for printing paths
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("abc/def");
+    /// println!("{}", p.display()); // prints "abc/def"
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn display<'a>(&'a self) -> Display<'a, Self> {
+        Display{ path: self, filename: false }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns an object that implements `Show` for printing filenames
+    ///
+    /// If there is no filename, nothing will be printed.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("abc/def");
+    /// println!("{}", p.filename_display()); // prints "def"
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn filename_display<'a>(&'a self) -> Display<'a, Self> {
+        Display{ path: self, filename: true }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the directory component of `self`, as a byte vector (with no trailing separator).
+    /// If `self` has no directory component, returns ['.'].
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("abc/def/ghi");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.dirname(), b"abc/def");
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn dirname<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a [u8];
+
+    /// Returns the directory component of `self`, as a string, if possible.
+    /// See `dirname` for details.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("abc/def/ghi");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.dirname_str(), Some("abc/def"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    fn dirname_str<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+        str::from_utf8(self.dirname()).ok()
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the file component of `self`, as a byte vector.
+    /// If `self` represents the root of the file hierarchy, returns None.
+    /// If `self` is "." or "..", returns None.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("abc/def/ghi");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.filename(), Some(b"ghi"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn filename<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a [u8]>;
+
+    /// Returns the file component of `self`, as a string, if possible.
+    /// See `filename` for details.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("abc/def/ghi");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.filename_str(), Some("ghi"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    fn filename_str<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+        self.filename().and_then(|s| str::from_utf8(s).ok())
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the stem of the filename of `self`, as a byte vector.
+    /// The stem is the portion of the filename just before the last '.'.
+    /// If there is no '.', the entire filename is returned.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("/abc/def.txt");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.filestem(), Some(b"def"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn filestem<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a [u8]> {
+        match self.filename() {
+            None => None,
+            Some(name) => Some({
+                let dot = b'.';
+                match name.rposition_elem(&dot) {
+                    None | Some(0) => name,
+                    Some(1) if name == b".." => name,
+                    Some(pos) => &name[..pos]
+                }
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the stem of the filename of `self`, as a string, if possible.
+    /// See `filestem` for details.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("/abc/def.txt");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.filestem_str(), Some("def"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    fn filestem_str<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+        self.filestem().and_then(|s| str::from_utf8(s).ok())
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the extension of the filename of `self`, as an optional byte vector.
+    /// The extension is the portion of the filename just after the last '.'.
+    /// If there is no extension, None is returned.
+    /// If the filename ends in '.', the empty vector is returned.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("abc/def.txt");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.extension(), Some(b"txt"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn extension<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a [u8]> {
+        match self.filename() {
+            None => None,
+            Some(name) => {
+                let dot = b'.';
+                match name.rposition_elem(&dot) {
+                    None | Some(0) => None,
+                    Some(1) if name == b".." => None,
+                    Some(pos) => Some(&name[pos+1..])
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the extension of the filename of `self`, as a string, if possible.
+    /// See `extension` for details.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("abc/def.txt");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.extension_str(), Some("txt"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    fn extension_str<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+        self.extension().and_then(|s| str::from_utf8(s).ok())
+    }
+
+    /// Replaces the filename portion of the path with the given byte vector or string.
+    /// If the replacement name is [], this is equivalent to popping the path.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let mut p = Path::new("abc/def.txt");
+    /// p.set_filename("foo.dat");
+    /// assert!(p == Path::new("abc/foo.dat"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Panics the task if the filename contains a NUL.
+    #[inline]
+    fn set_filename<T: BytesContainer>(&mut self, filename: T) {
+        assert!(!contains_nul(&filename));
+        unsafe { self.set_filename_unchecked(filename) }
+    }
+
+    /// Replaces the extension with the given byte vector or string.
+    /// If there is no extension in `self`, this adds one.
+    /// If the argument is [] or "", this removes the extension.
+    /// If `self` has no filename, this is a no-op.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let mut p = Path::new("abc/def.txt");
+    /// p.set_extension("csv");
+    /// assert_eq!(p, Path::new("abc/def.csv"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Panics the task if the extension contains a NUL.
+    fn set_extension<T: BytesContainer>(&mut self, extension: T) {
+        assert!(!contains_nul(&extension));
+
+        let val = self.filename().and_then(|name| {
+            let dot = b'.';
+            let extlen = extension.container_as_bytes().len();
+            match (name.rposition_elem(&dot), extlen) {
+                (None, 0) | (Some(0), 0) => None,
+                (Some(idx), 0) => Some(name[..idx].to_vec()),
+                (idx, extlen) => {
+                    let idx = match idx {
+                        None | Some(0) => name.len(),
+                        Some(val) => val
+                    };
+
+                    let mut v;
+                    v = Vec::with_capacity(idx + extlen + 1);
+                    v.push_all(&name[..idx]);
+                    v.push(dot);
+                    v.push_all(extension.container_as_bytes());
+                    Some(v)
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        match val {
+            None => (),
+            Some(v) => unsafe { self.set_filename_unchecked(v) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a new Path constructed by replacing the filename with the given
+    /// byte vector or string.
+    /// See `set_filename` for details.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let mut p = Path::new("abc/def.txt");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.with_filename("foo.dat"), Path::new("abc/foo.dat"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Panics the task if the filename contains a NUL.
+    #[inline]
+    fn with_filename<T: BytesContainer>(&self, filename: T) -> Self {
+        let mut p = self.clone();
+        p.set_filename(filename);
+        p
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a new Path constructed by setting the extension to the given
+    /// byte vector or string.
+    /// See `set_extension` for details.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let mut p = Path::new("abc/def.txt");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.with_extension("csv"), Path::new("abc/def.csv"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Panics the task if the extension contains a NUL.
+    #[inline]
+    fn with_extension<T: BytesContainer>(&self, extension: T) -> Self {
+        let mut p = self.clone();
+        p.set_extension(extension);
+        p
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the directory component of `self`, as a Path.
+    /// If `self` represents the root of the filesystem hierarchy, returns `self`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("abc/def/ghi");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.dir_path(), Path::new("abc/def"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn dir_path(&self) -> Self {
+        // self.dirname() returns a NUL-free vector
+        unsafe { GenericPathUnsafe::new_unchecked(self.dirname()) }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a Path that represents the filesystem root that `self` is rooted in.
+    ///
+    /// If `self` is not absolute, or vol/cwd-relative in the case of Windows, this returns None.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// assert_eq!(Path::new("abc/def").root_path(), None);
+    /// assert_eq!(Path::new("/abc/def").root_path(), Some(Path::new("/")));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn root_path(&self) -> Option<Self>;
+
+    /// Pushes a path (as a byte vector or string) onto `self`.
+    /// If the argument represents an absolute path, it replaces `self`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let mut p = Path::new("foo/bar");
+    /// p.push("baz.txt");
+    /// assert_eq!(p, Path::new("foo/bar/baz.txt"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Panics the task if the path contains a NUL.
+    #[inline]
+    fn push<T: BytesContainer>(&mut self, path: T) {
+        assert!(!contains_nul(&path));
+        unsafe { self.push_unchecked(path) }
+    }
+
+    /// Pushes multiple paths (as byte vectors or strings) onto `self`.
+    /// See `push` for details.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let mut p = Path::new("foo");
+    /// p.push_many(&["bar", "baz.txt"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(p, Path::new("foo/bar/baz.txt"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    fn push_many<T: BytesContainer>(&mut self, paths: &[T]) {
+        let t: Option<&T> = None;
+        if BytesContainer::is_str(t) {
+            for p in paths {
+                self.push(p.container_as_str().unwrap())
+            }
+        } else {
+            for p in paths {
+                self.push(p.container_as_bytes())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Removes the last path component from the receiver.
+    /// Returns `true` if the receiver was modified, or `false` if it already
+    /// represented the root of the file hierarchy.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let mut p = Path::new("foo/bar/baz.txt");
+    /// p.pop();
+    /// assert_eq!(p, Path::new("foo/bar"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn pop(&mut self) -> bool;
+
+    /// Returns a new Path constructed by joining `self` with the given path
+    /// (as a byte vector or string).
+    /// If the given path is absolute, the new Path will represent just that.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("/foo");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.join("bar.txt"), Path::new("/foo/bar.txt"));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Panics the task if the path contains a NUL.
+    #[inline]
+    fn join<T: BytesContainer>(&self, path: T) -> Self {
+        let mut p = self.clone();
+        p.push(path);
+        p
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a new Path constructed by joining `self` with the given paths
+    /// (as byte vectors or strings).
+    /// See `join` for details.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("foo");
+    /// let fbbq = Path::new("foo/bar/baz/quux.txt");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.join_many(&["bar", "baz", "quux.txt"]), fbbq);
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    fn join_many<T: BytesContainer>(&self, paths: &[T]) -> Self {
+        let mut p = self.clone();
+        p.push_many(paths);
+        p
+    }
+
+    /// Returns whether `self` represents an absolute path.
+    /// An absolute path is defined as one that, when joined to another path, will
+    /// yield back the same absolute path.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("/abc/def");
+    /// assert!(p.is_absolute());
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn is_absolute(&self) -> bool;
+
+    /// Returns whether `self` represents a relative path.
+    /// Typically this is the inverse of `is_absolute`.
+    /// But for Windows paths, it also means the path is not volume-relative or
+    /// relative to the current working directory.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("abc/def");
+    /// assert!(p.is_relative());
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn is_relative(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.is_absolute()
+    }
+
+    /// Returns whether `self` is equal to, or is an ancestor of, the given path.
+    /// If both paths are relative, they are compared as though they are relative
+    /// to the same parent path.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("foo/bar/baz/quux.txt");
+    /// let fb = Path::new("foo/bar");
+    /// let bq = Path::new("baz/quux.txt");
+    /// assert!(fb.is_ancestor_of(&p));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn is_ancestor_of(&self, other: &Self) -> bool;
+
+    /// Returns the Path that, were it joined to `base`, would yield `self`.
+    /// If no such path exists, None is returned.
+    /// If `self` is absolute and `base` is relative, or on Windows if both
+    /// paths refer to separate drives, an absolute path is returned.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("foo/bar/baz/quux.txt");
+    /// let fb = Path::new("foo/bar");
+    /// let bq = Path::new("baz/quux.txt");
+    /// assert_eq!(p.path_relative_from(&fb), Some(bq));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn path_relative_from(&self, base: &Self) -> Option<Self>;
+
+    /// Returns whether the relative path `child` is a suffix of `self`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # foo();
+    /// # #[cfg(windows)] fn foo() {}
+    /// # #[cfg(unix)] fn foo() {
+    /// let p = Path::new("foo/bar/baz/quux.txt");
+    /// let bq = Path::new("baz/quux.txt");
+    /// assert!(p.ends_with_path(&bq));
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn ends_with_path(&self, child: &Self) -> bool;
+}
+
+/// A trait that represents something bytes-like (e.g. a &[u8] or a &str)
+pub trait BytesContainer {
+    /// Returns a &[u8] representing the receiver
+    fn container_as_bytes<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a [u8];
+    /// Returns the receiver interpreted as a utf-8 string, if possible
+    #[inline]
+    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+        str::from_utf8(self.container_as_bytes()).ok()
+    }
+    /// Returns whether .container_as_str() is guaranteed to not fail
+    // FIXME (#8888): Remove unused arg once ::<for T> works
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_str(_: Option<&Self>) -> bool { false }
+}
+
+/// A trait that represents the unsafe operations on GenericPaths
+pub trait GenericPathUnsafe {
+    /// Creates a new Path without checking for null bytes.
+    /// The resulting Path will always be normalized.
+    unsafe fn new_unchecked<T: BytesContainer>(path: T) -> Self;
+
+    /// Replaces the filename portion of the path without checking for null
+    /// bytes.
+    /// See `set_filename` for details.
+    unsafe fn set_filename_unchecked<T: BytesContainer>(&mut self, filename: T);
+
+    /// Pushes a path onto `self` without checking for null bytes.
+    /// See `push` for details.
+    unsafe fn push_unchecked<T: BytesContainer>(&mut self, path: T);
+}
+
+/// Helper struct for printing paths with format!()
+pub struct Display<'a, P:'a> {
+    path: &'a P,
+    filename: bool
+}
+
+#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
+impl<'a, P: GenericPath> fmt::Debug for Display<'a, P> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        fmt::Debug::fmt(&self.as_cow(), f)
+    }
+}
+
+#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
+impl<'a, P: GenericPath> fmt::Display for Display<'a, P> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.as_cow().fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, P: GenericPath> Display<'a, P> {
+    /// Returns the path as a possibly-owned string.
+    ///
+    /// If the path is not UTF-8, invalid sequences will be replaced with the
+    /// Unicode replacement char. This involves allocation.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn as_cow(&self) -> CowString<'a> {
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(if self.filename {
+            match self.path.filename() {
+                None => {
+                    let result: &[u8] = &[];
+                    result
+                }
+                Some(v) => v
+            }
+        } else {
+            self.path.as_vec()
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl BytesContainer for str {
+    #[inline]
+    fn container_as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.as_bytes()
+    }
+    #[inline]
+    fn container_as_str(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        Some(self)
+    }
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_str(_: Option<&str>) -> bool { true }
+}
+
+impl BytesContainer for String {
+    #[inline]
+    fn container_as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.as_bytes()
+    }
+    #[inline]
+    fn container_as_str(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        Some(&self[])
+    }
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_str(_: Option<&String>) -> bool { true }
+}
+
+impl BytesContainer for [u8] {
+    #[inline]
+    fn container_as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl BytesContainer for Vec<u8> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn container_as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self[]
+    }
+}
+
+impl BytesContainer for CString {
+    #[inline]
+    fn container_as_bytes<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a [u8] {
+        self.as_bytes()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, T: ?Sized + BytesContainer> BytesContainer for &'a T {
+    #[inline]
+    fn container_as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        (**self).container_as_bytes()
+    }
+    #[inline]
+    fn container_as_str(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        (**self).container_as_str()
+    }
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_str(_: Option<& &'a T>) -> bool { BytesContainer::is_str(None::<&T>) }
+}
+
+#[inline(always)]
+fn contains_nul<T: BytesContainer>(v: &T) -> bool {
+    v.container_as_bytes().iter().any(|&x| x == 0)
+}