[tsnl]

Another downside of Box<T> is that Vec::into_boxed_slice copies all elements from the source vector. Vec::shrink_to_fit does not appear to copy. This is based on the stable docs.

[sapiogram]

It doesn't copy the elements if the source vector is already at max capacity, which you can often arrange for beforehand.

[cmrx64]

For example, by explicitly calling shrink_to_fit. So you either have fragmentation, or an extra copy if you're not careful, but none of the solutions let you forget about the detail entirely.

[invpt]

If you look at the source for into_boxed_slice, it calls shrink_to_fit at the beginning before doing anything else. Hence the documentation is slightly wrong, and no copies occur.

Edit: I submitted a PR to clear up the docs: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/120110

[cmrx64]

thank you!

[sapiogram]

Or alternatively, the vector was created with `Vec::with_capacity()` or `ExactSizeIterator::collect()`, and had the correct capacity all along.