linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: Improve CStr UTF-8 conversion methods

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Message-ID: <CANiq72kFgbxvtGgWnwQ14vZ-8Yr4Oq2J_Tn1-jNsMiw_XXmYEA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:32:35 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: samidanielpersonal@...il.com
Cc: ojeda@...nel.org, alex.gaynor@...il.com, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: Improve CStr UTF-8 conversion methods

On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM Sami Daniel
<samidanielpersonal@...il.com> wrote:
>
> +    pub fn as_str(&self) -> Result<&str, core::str::Utf8Error> {

Should we use the `as_` prefix?

The standard library calls this `to_str`, likely because it isn't free
and it doesn't decrease abstraction.

Cheers,
Miguel