// You can convert a literal string (&str) into a String using the to_string function
// Here s is a String where s_literal is a &'static str
let s_literal = "String literal";
let s = s_literal.to_string();

let s: String = "abcdefg".to_owned();
let s_slice: &str = &s[..]; // take a full slice of the string

use std::ffi::OsStr;
use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
fn main() { let os_str = OsStr::new("example"); let string: String = os_str.to_string_lossy().to_string(); println!("{}", string);
}

pub trait Literal { fn literal(&self) -> String;
}
// Using the .literal() method on a String or &str returns the String.
impl Literal for String { fn literal(&self) -> String { return self.clone() } }
impl Literal for &str { fn literal(&self) -> String { return String::from(*self); } }