There should be a way to create non-constant @str values

[Dretch]

Currently you can only create constant values of @str, like @"abc".

There should be some way to turn &str and &u8 values (and therefore also ~str and ~[u8] values) into @str values.

[pcwalton]

Possibly a ToManagedStr trait?

[Dretch]

@pcwalton I have no objections to that. I would be happy even with just a method on &str, for now.

[graydon]

&str should carry methods that produce ~str and @str, yes. Doesn't need to be a separate general trait.

I think the ToStr trait should probably take a callback-taking-&str, not return ~str, fwiw. But when we have default methods the latter can be built on the former easily.

[Dretch]

You can now do &str.to_managed() ... so this issue can be closed, thanks!