Tracking Issue for `proc_macro_c_str_literals`

[novafacing]

Feature gate: #![feature(proc_macro_c_str_literals)]

This is a tracking issue for C String literals in proc macros under #105723 and #118560, with an implementation in #119651.

This feature adds an API to construct a proc_macro::Literal C string directly.

Public API

let lit: Literal = Literal::c_string(&CString::new("Hello, world!").unwrap());

Steps / History

• Implementation: proc_macro: Add Literal::c_string constructor #119651
• Stabilization of Stabilize C string literals #117472
• Final Comment Period (FCP)
• Stabilization of this API

Unresolved Questions

[novafacing]

c_str_literals have been re-stabilized, I think this can now be considered for stabilization.

[dtolnay]

@rust-lang/libs-api:
@rfcbot fcp merge

Literal::c_string(&CString::new("Hello, world!").unwrap()) constructs the literal c"Hello, world!".

C-string literals stabilized recently in Rust 1.77.

[rfcbot]

Team member @dtolnay has proposed to merge this. The next step is review by the rest of the tagged team members:

• @Amanieu
• @BurntSushi
• @dtolnay
• @joshtriplett
• @m-ou-se

No concerns currently listed.

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[rfcbot]

🔔 This is now entering its final comment period, as per the review above. 🔔

[rfcbot]

The final comment period, with a disposition to merge, as per the review above, is now complete.

As the automated representative of the governance process, I would like to thank the author for their work and everyone else who contributed.

This will be merged soon.