2 files changed, 11 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/path/mod.rs b/src/libstd/path/mod.rs
index 56df14ba763..b2de3cd9178 100644
--- a/src/libstd/path/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/path/mod.rs
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ pub trait GenericPath: Clone + GenericPathUnsafe {
         let t: Option<T> = None;
         if BytesContainer::is_str(t) {
             for p in paths.iter() {
-                self.push(p.container_as_str())
+                self.push(p.container_as_str().unwrap())
             }
         } else {
             for p in paths.iter() {
@@ -499,18 +499,9 @@ pub trait BytesContainer {
     fn container_into_owned_bytes(self) -> ~[u8] {
         self.container_as_bytes().to_owned()
     }
-    /// Returns the receiver interpreted as a utf-8 string
-    ///
-    /// # Failure
-    ///
-    /// Raises `str::null_byte` if not utf-8
-    #[inline]
-    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str {
-        str::from_utf8(self.container_as_bytes())
-    }
     /// Returns the receiver interpreted as a utf-8 string, if possible
     #[inline]
-    fn container_as_str_opt<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
         str::from_utf8_opt(self.container_as_bytes())
     }
     /// Returns whether .container_as_str() is guaranteed to not fail
@@ -589,11 +580,7 @@ impl<'a> BytesContainer for &'a str {
         self.as_bytes()
     }
     #[inline]
-    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str {
-        *self
-    }
-    #[inline]
-    fn container_as_str_opt<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
         Some(*self)
     }
     #[inline]
@@ -610,11 +597,7 @@ impl BytesContainer for ~str {
         self.into_bytes()
     }
     #[inline]
-    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str {
-        self.as_slice()
-    }
-    #[inline]
-    fn container_as_str_opt<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
         Some(self.as_slice())
     }
     #[inline]
@@ -627,11 +610,7 @@ impl BytesContainer for @str {
         self.as_bytes()
     }
     #[inline]
-    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str {
-        self.as_slice()
-    }
-    #[inline]
-    fn container_as_str_opt<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
         Some(self.as_slice())
     }
     #[inline]
diff --git a/src/libstd/path/windows.rs b/src/libstd/path/windows.rs
index 89640add7d0..33fa84c7c49 100644
--- a/src/libstd/path/windows.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/path/windows.rs
@@ -129,11 +129,7 @@ impl BytesContainer for Path {
         self.into_vec()
     }
     #[inline]
-    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str {
-        self.as_str().unwrap()
-    }
-    #[inline]
-    fn container_as_str_opt<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
         self.as_str()
     }
     #[inline]
@@ -146,11 +142,7 @@ impl<'a> BytesContainer for &'a Path {
         self.as_vec()
     }
     #[inline]
-    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str {
-        self.as_str().unwrap()
-    }
-    #[inline]
-    fn container_as_str_opt<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    fn container_as_str<'a>(&'a self) -> Option<&'a str> {
         self.as_str()
     }
     #[inline]
@@ -165,7 +157,7 @@ impl GenericPathUnsafe for Path {
     /// Raises the `str::not_utf8` condition if not valid UTF-8.
     #[inline]
     unsafe fn new_unchecked<T: BytesContainer>(path: T) -> Path {
-        let (prefix, path) = Path::normalize_(path.container_as_str());
+        let (prefix, path) = Path::normalize_(path.container_as_str().unwrap());
         assert!(!path.is_empty());
         let mut ret = Path{ repr: path, prefix: prefix, sepidx: None };
         ret.update_sepidx();
@@ -178,7 +170,7 @@ impl GenericPathUnsafe for Path {
     ///
     /// Raises the `str::not_utf8` condition if not valid UTF-8.
     unsafe fn set_filename_unchecked<T: BytesContainer>(&mut self, filename: T) {
-        let filename = filename.container_as_str();
+        let filename = filename.container_as_str().unwrap();
         match self.sepidx_or_prefix_len() {
             None if ".." == self.repr => {
                 let mut s = str::with_capacity(3 + filename.len());
@@ -224,7 +216,7 @@ impl GenericPathUnsafe for Path {
     /// the new path is relative to. Otherwise, the new path will be treated
     /// as if it were absolute and will replace the receiver outright.
     unsafe fn push_unchecked<T: BytesContainer>(&mut self, path: T) {
-        let path = path.container_as_str();
+        let path = path.container_as_str().unwrap();
         fn is_vol_abs(path: &str, prefix: Option<PathPrefix>) -> bool {
             // assume prefix is Some(DiskPrefix)
             let rest = path.slice_from(prefix_len(prefix));
@@ -311,7 +303,7 @@ impl GenericPathUnsafe for Path {
 impl GenericPath for Path {
     #[inline]
     fn new_opt<T: BytesContainer>(path: T) -> Option<Path> {
-        let s = path.container_as_str_opt();
+        let s = path.container_as_str();
         match s {
             None => None,
             Some(s) => {