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by __jem 930 days ago
That's why OsString exists.
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cozzyd 930 days ago
Well, for whatever reason, it doesn't meet their requirements... See the String section of https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/blob/master/doc_int...

edit: here is a more specific rationale: https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/pull/9512#discussio...

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jshier 930 days ago
The Cygwin issue isn't strings (well, that could be another issue) but that Rust doesn't support Cygwin in the first place, at least according to the comments in the linked thread.
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