Rust has one core String type. String &str &mut str &'static str etc. These are just the language semantics. The other string types are non-R

Rust has one core String type. String &str &mut str &'static str etc. These are just the language semantics. The other string types are non-Rust strings. Filesystem, C strings, etc. You only deal with them in dealing with specific OS and binding interfaces. 95% of the time you'll just be using String.