Why does split_at for type String return (&str, &str)

Hi,

why does the split_at function for type String return (&str, &str) ?

fn split_at(&self, mid: usize) -> (&str, &str)

Why doesn't it return (String, String)?

What is the idiomatic why to turn them into (String, String)?

Best,

Markus

There's no reason to allocate more memory, as you don't always need to.

You can call .to_string() on those &str s to get Strings out of them. If it returned Strings directly, you wouldn't have the option.

Thanks Steve, as always a very useful explanation. I was confused by some type mismatches but I am closer to figuring it out :slight_smile: