Add str.as_str() for easy Deref to string slices
Working with `Box<str>` is cumbersome, because in places like `iter.filter()` it can end up being `&Box<str>` or even `&&Box<str>`, and such type doesn't always get auto-dereferenced as expected.
Dereferencing such box to `&str` requires ugly syntax like `&**boxed_str` or `&***boxed_str`, with the exact amount of `*`s.
`Box<str>` is [not easily comparable with other string types](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/129852) via `PartialEq`. `Box<str>` won't work for lookups in types like `HashSet<String>`, because `Borrow<String>` won't take types like `&Box<str>`. OTOH `set.contains(s.as_str())` works nicely regardless of levels of indirection.
`String` has a simple solution for this: the `as_str()` method, and `Box<str>` should too.
Remove generic lifetime parameter of trait `Pattern`
Use a GAT for `Searcher` associated type because this trait is always implemented for every lifetime anyway.
cc #27721
Remove feature from documentation examples
Add rustc_const_stable attribute to stabilized functions
Update intra-doc link for `u8::is_ascii_whitespace` on `&[u8]` functions
Stabilize `split_at_checked`
Closes#119128
For the const version of `slice::split_at_mut_checked`, I'm reusing the `const_slice_split_at_mut` feature flag (#101804). I don't if it okay to reuse tracking issues or if it preferred to create new ones...
Initial implementation of `str::from_raw_parts[_mut]`
ACP (accepted): rust-lang/libs-team#167
Tracking issue: #119206
Thanks to ``@Kixiron`` for previous work on this (#107207)
``@rustbot`` label +T-libs-api -T-libs
r? ``@thomcc``
Closes#107207.
Introduce split_at_checked and split_at_mut_checked methods to slices
types (including str) which are non-panicking versions of split_at and
split_at_mut respectively. This is analogous to get method being
non-panicking version of indexing.
Add `trim_ascii_start`, `trim_ascii_end`, and `trim_ascii` functions to
`&str` for trimming ASCII whitespace under the `byte_slice_trim_ascii`
feature gate.
Add `inline` to `[u8]` `trim_ascii` functions
Clarify example in docs of str::char_slice
Just a one word improvement.
“Last” can be misread as meaning the last (third) instead of the previous (first).
Make useless_ptr_null_checks smarter about some std functions
This teaches the `useless_ptr_null_checks` lint that some std functions can't ever return null pointers, because they need to point to valid data, get references as input, etc.
This is achieved by introducing an `#[rustc_never_returns_null_ptr]` attribute and adding it to these std functions (gated behind bootstrap `cfg_attr`).
Later on, the attribute could maybe be used to tell LLVM that the returned pointer is never null. I don't expect much impact of that though, as the functions are pretty shallow and usually the input data is already never null.
Follow-up of PR #113657Fixes#114442
Add `suggestion` for some `#[deprecated]` items
Consider code:
```rust
fn main() {
let _ = ["a", "b"].connect(" ");
}
```
Currently it shows deprecated warning:
```rust
warning: use of deprecated method `std::slice::<impl [T]>::connect`: renamed to join
--> src/main.rs:2:24
|
2 | let _ = ["a", "b"].connect(" ");
| ^^^^^^^
|
= note: `#[warn(deprecated)]` on by default
```
This PR adds `suggestion` for `connect` and some other deprecated items, so the warning will be changed to this:
```rust
warning: use of deprecated method `std::slice::<impl [T]>::connect`: renamed to join
--> src/main.rs:2:24
|
2 | let _ = ["a", "b"].connect(" ");
| ^^^^^^^
|
= note: `#[warn(deprecated)]` on by default
help: replace the use of the deprecated method
|
2 | let _ = ["a", "b"].join(" ");
| ^^^^
```
Don't panic in ceil_char_boundary
Implementing the alternative mentioned in this comment: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/93743#issuecomment-1579935853
Since `floor_char_boundary` will always work (rounding down to the length of the string is possible), it feels best for `ceil_char_boundary` to not panic either. However, the semantics of "rounding up" past the length of the string aren't very great, which is why the method originally panicked in these cases.
Taking into account how people are using this method, it feels best to simply return the end of the string in these cases, so that the result is still a valid char boundary.
Updated lines doc to include trailing carriage return note
Updated `str::lines` doc to include explicit info about (trailing) carriage returns.
Reference: #100311
