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📄 Description

This PR adds content to the previously empty "Disadvantages" section of the accepting-strings idiom.

The section outlines the potential trade-offs and caveats when working with &CStr in FFI contexts, including:

  • Lifetime management complexity
  • Null-termination requirements
  • Fallibility of UTF-8 conversions
  • Potential thread safety concerns with raw pointers

These additions aim to give developers a clearer understanding of the limitations and risks, complementing the advantages already described.


🔍 Motivation

The "Disadvantages" section was previously marked as None?. This contribution completes that section with relevant, up-to-date notes based on current Rust FFI practices (as of Rust 1.77+).


✅ Checklist

  • One idiom file changed only (accepting-strings.md)
  • Markdown formatting validated
  • Commit message follows docs: convention
  • No semantic meaning changed in existing content

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