Basically what the title says. I'd like to be able to accept &str, String, PathBuf, &Path, or anything else that can be converted to a PathBuf. In other words, I'd like to own the data in a PathBuf, but I don't want to force an extra allocation if someone gives me a PathBuf already, and I don't care…

Generics help: how to accept anything that can become a PathBuf

steveklabnik August 19, 2016, 6:49pm 5

This is a fairly common refrain; it's tough because there's a lot of them.

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