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carllerche opened this issue Feb 2, 2013 · 4 comments
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str::from_bytes should return a Result instead of fail on invalid input. #4765

carllerche opened this issue Feb 2, 2013 · 4 comments
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It seems to me that returning a Result would be more appropriate than failing.

https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/incoming/src/libcore/str.rs#L50
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See discussion on #1945 -- the right thing to do here would be to use conditions, I think.

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This should be pretty simple -- working on it.

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Fixed pending #6920

catamorphism added a commit to catamorphism/rust that referenced this issue Jun 8, 2013
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std: Change str::from_bytes to raise a condition on invalid input
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As per rust-lang#4765
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auto merge of #6920 : catamorphism/rust/issue-4765, r=bstrie
3fc0524 
r? anybody As per #4765
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3fc0524 fixes.

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