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Add a method to convert a vector of Ascii to a string slice without copying #6120
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The problem is that that's not generally possible without reqiring that the Ascii vector is one random byte longer than the slice you want. A str slice is one hidden byte longer than a vec slice.
One way to solve this would be to turn ~[Ascii] into an own type AsciiStr, which holds the invariant that its always null terminated. Or we could just say that a [Ascii] may be optionally null terminated, that a trailing null is never considerd part of the string it represents, and that certain operations reqire it.
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As it says.