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From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 4 Dec 2022 01:58:15 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 27/28] rust: types: add `Either` type
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On Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 12:42 AM Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:
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> This specific example seems like it would be better served by the
> existing `Cow` type.

Yeah, possibly -- it is taken from one of the use cases in the full
repository. Perhaps it was deemed simpler, or providing a way to go to
an owned instance was to be avoided.

Thanks for taking a look!

Cheers,
Miguel