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Add less-allocating args variants

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Issue by mahkoh
Monday Oct 13, 2014 at 23:55 GMT

For earlier discussion, see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/18021

This issue was labelled with: A-libs in the Rust repository


fn argv() -> CVec<*mut u8>
fn argv() -> Vec<&'static u8>

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Research direction

Start by reading the earlier discussion in issue #18021 and compare it with the two proposed argv signatures shown here. Done means the desired less-allocating variants and their scope are resolved in an accepted RFC direction.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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