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"path": "/t/pre-rfc-guarantee-that-pointers-to-osstr-has-the-same-layout-as-pointers-to-str-u8/24354#post_5",
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"textContent": "I could maybe imagine storing a bit or two that says if it's known to be valid UTF-8 or not (allowing to skip checks in some cases). I don't think std will ever do anything with locales, at least that seems to be against the current philosophy.",
"title": "Pre-RFC: Guarantee that pointers to `OsStr` has the same layout as pointers to `str`/`[u8]`"
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