servo / servo/rust-url

Add `ParseError.description() -> &'static str` method like already implemented on `SyntaxViolation`

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Description

Would be great, so we don't need to allocate a string for something which is fundamentally static.

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Research direction

Search the repository for ParseError and the existing SyntaxViolation::description implementation. Compare their error descriptions and verify that ParseError exposes the requested static description without allocating; add focused coverage alongside the existing error tests if that test location is found.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
50/100

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