Tracking Issue for const {OsString, PathBuf}::new

[cyrgani]

Feature gate: #![feature(const_pathbuf_osstring_new)]

This is a tracking issue for making OsString::new and PathBuf::new const functions.

Public API

impl OsString {
    pub const fn new() -> OsString;
}
impl PathBuf {
    pub const fn new() -> PathBuf;
}

Steps / History

(Remember to update the S-tracking-* label when checking boxes.)

• Implementation: make OsString::new and PathBuf::new unstably const #141467
• Final comment period (FCP)¹
• Stabilization PR: Stabilize const_pathbuf_osstring_new feature #145464

Unresolved Questions

• None yet.

Footnotes

1. https://std-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/feature-lifecycle/stabilization.html ↩

[Amanieu]

@rfcbot merge

[rfcbot]

Team member @Amanieu has proposed to merge this. The next step is review by the rest of the tagged team members:

• @Amanieu
• @BurntSushi
• @dtolnay
• @joshtriplett
• @m-ou-se

No concerns currently listed.

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[rfcbot]

🔔 This is now entering its final comment period, as per the review above. 🔔