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> a multitude of string types

There are two string types in Rust, `String` (growable and heap-allocated) and `&str` (a reference to string data). Anything else is just a shim for FFI.

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> There are two string types in Rust, `String` [...] Anything else is just a shim for FFI.

I guess I don't have to worry about the non-Scotsman strings then... You've heard the criticisms about Rust's strings before, and I'm unlikely to tell you anything you don't know.

I think it's especially hasty to criticize Rust's string types in the context of C++, given the standardization of string_view in C++ as an analogue of Rust's &str :P

To me, Rust's &str seems a lot more like const char* (with a size tacked on for bounds checking). But you're the expert, so if I did agree they were the same, then C++ adopting it in the STL is practically proof it's a mistake in Rust.

You never addressed my other "too clever" items in Rust. Does that mean, other than strings, we agree?

> Does that mean, other than strings, we agree?

Not necessarily. :P Features exist, and I'm not about to dictate where others draw the cleverness line.

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