rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-playground
Carriage return (\r) doesn't work
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Description
I write the following in Rust playground:
fn main() {
let hej = "abc\rdef";
println!("{}", hej);
}
Actual output:
abcdef
Expected output:
def
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Research direction
Start by running the Rust Playground example from the issue and compare how its output handles the embedded carriage return. Trace the Playground execution and output path to find where control characters are transformed, then add or update coverage so the expected separate-line output is preserved.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100