rust-lang/rfcs — pull request #504 by alexcrichton (2014-12-08 02:08:28+00:00)
Title: RFC: Split Show into String and Show

Today's `Show` trait will be tasked with the purpose of providing the ability to
inspect the representation of implementors of the trait. A new trait, `String`,
will be introduced to the `std::fmt` module to in order to represent data that
can essentially be serialized to a string, typically representing the precise
internal state of the implementor.

The `String` trait will take over the `{}` format specifier and the `Show` trait
will move to the now-open `{:?}` specifier.

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