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Add caveat to Path::display() about lossiness #82196

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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions library/std/src/path.rs
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Expand Up @@ -2321,7 +2321,9 @@ impl Path {
}

/// Returns an object that implements [`Display`] for safely printing paths
/// that may contain non-Unicode data.
/// that may contain non-Unicode data. This may perform lossy conversion,
/// depending on the platform. If you would like an implementation which
/// escapes the path please use [`Debug`] instead.
///
/// [`Display`]: fmt::Display
///
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///
/// A [`Path`] might contain non-Unicode data. This `struct` implements the
/// [`Display`] trait in a way that mitigates that. It is created by the
/// [`display`](Path::display) method on [`Path`].
/// [`display`](Path::display) method on [`Path`]. This may perform lossy
/// conversion, depending on the platform. If you would like an implementation
/// which escapes the path please use [`Debug`] instead.
///
/// # Examples
///
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