rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-bindgen
bindgen header, link, etc functions take String instead of Path(Buf)
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Description
Probably pretty self-explanatory.
header() and link() (and other functions) on bindgen take Into, even though the examples show them being used with paths (although not Path with a capital P).
I'd think this would be backwards compatible, since PathBuf is supposed to contain a superset of the characters as String.
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Research direction
Start at bindgen's header() and link() APIs, then inspect the other functions mentioned as taking Into. Verify how existing String callers and path-like examples are handled; done means the relevant APIs accept Path or PathBuf values without breaking current callers, with tests or examples passing.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100