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tuetuopay 52 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Flattening Rust’s learning curve

Nope. `&str` includes the length of the slice, which `const char*` does not. `std::string_view` is the proper analogy.

umanwizard 52 days ago [–]

Another difference is that &str is guaranteed to be utf-8, whereas const char* can be any encoding (or no encoding).

pdpi 52 days ago | [–]

Also, &str is closer to const uint8_t* than it is to const char*. Chars are signed by default and are at least 8 bits, but can be wider.

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