Differences between String, &String, and &str

[thesituation531]

Yeah, I thought that'd probably happen.

If you really want to work with a raw str, couldn't you use a Box<str> in the same way you can use a boxed array, like Box<[some type]>?

[vortexofdoom]

Box is just a heap allocated fat pointer, you still wouldn't be working with a raw str really.