# Description
This PR renames the conversion functions on `Value` to be more consistent.
It follows the Rust [API guidelines](https://rust-lang.github.io/api-guidelines/naming.html#ad-hoc-conversions-follow-as_-to_-into_-conventions-c-conv) for ad-hoc conversions.
The conversion functions on `Value` now come in a few forms:
- `coerce_{type}` takes a `&Value` and attempts to convert the value to
`type` (e.g., `i64` are converted to `f64`). This is the old behavior of
some of the `as_{type}` functions -- these functions have simply been
renamed to better reflect what they do.
- The new `as_{type}` functions take a `&Value` and returns an `Ok`
result only if the value is of `type` (no conversion is attempted). The
returned value will be borrowed if `type` is non-`Copy`, otherwise an
owned value is returned.
- `into_{type}` exists for non-`Copy` types, but otherwise does not
attempt conversion just like `as_type`. It takes an owned `Value` and
always returns an owned result.
- `coerce_into_{type}` has the same relationship with `coerce_{type}` as
`into_{type}` does with `as_{type}`.
- `to_{kind}_string`: conversion to different string formats (debug,
abbreviated, etc.). Only two of the old string conversion functions were
removed, the rest have been renamed only.
- `to_{type}`: other conversion functions. Currently, only `to_path`
exists. (And `to_string` through `Display`.)
This table summaries the above:
| Form | Cost | Input Ownership | Output Ownership | Converts `Value`
case/`type` |
| ---------------------------- | ----- | --------------- |
---------------- | -------- |
| `as_{type}` | Cheap | Borrowed | Borrowed/Owned | No |
| `into_{type}` | Cheap | Owned | Owned | No |
| `coerce_{type}` | Cheap | Borrowed | Borrowed/Owned | Yes |
| `coerce_into_{type}` | Cheap | Owned | Owned | Yes |
| `to_{kind}_string` | Expensive | Borrowed | Owned | Yes |
| `to_{type}` | Expensive | Borrowed | Owned | Yes |
# User-Facing Changes
Breaking API change for `Value` in `nu-protocol` which is exposed as
part of the plugin API.
# Description
Replace `.to_string()` used in `GenericError` with `.into()` as
`.into()` seems more popular
Replace `Vec::new()` used in `GenericError` with `vec![]` as `vec![]`
seems more popular
(There are so, so many)
# Description
This merges @horasal 's changes from #10246 and #10269Closes#10205Closes#8714
Fixes the bug that editor paths with spaces are unusable
Closes#10210Closes#10269
# User-Facing Changes
You can now either pass a string with the name of the executable or a
list with the executable and any flags to
`$env.config.buffer_editor`/`$env.EDITOR`/`$env.VISUAL`
Both the external buffer editor of reedline (by default bound to
`Ctrl-o`) and the commands `config nu` and `config env` will respect
those variables in the following order:
1. `$env.config.buffer_editor`
2. `$env.EDITOR`
3. `$env.VISUAL`
Example:
```
$env.EDITOR = "nvim" # The system-wide EDITOR is neovim
$env.config.buffer_editor = ["vim" "-p2"] # Force vim to open two tabs (not particularly useful)
$env.config.buffer_editor = null # Unset `buffer_editor` -> Uses `$env.EDITOR` ergo nvim
```
# Tests + Formatting
None
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Co-authored-by: Horasal <1991933+horasal@users.noreply.github.com>
