Explaining the reason why validation is performed in to_str of path.rs

rust-lang · Aug 1, 2019 · 3b15b16 · 3b15b16
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diff --git a/src/libstd/path.rs b/src/libstd/path.rs
@@ -1819,6 +1819,8 @@ impl Path {
     /// Yields a [`&str`] slice if the `Path` is valid unicode.
     ///
     /// This conversion may entail doing a check for UTF-8 validity.
+    /// Also it it worthwhile noting that validation is performed because Non-UTF-8 strings are
+    /// perfectly valid for some OS.
     ///
     /// [`&str`]: ../primitive.str.html
     ///