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Better documentation for env::home_dir()'s broken behaviour
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Reword "has no meaning" per suggestion
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Expand Up @@ -570,6 +570,13 @@ impl Error for JoinPathsError {
///
/// [msdn]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/userenv/nf-userenv-getuserprofiledirectorya
///
/// # Deprecation
///
/// This function is deprecated because the behaviour on Windows is not correct.
/// The 'HOME' environment variable is not standard on Windows, and may not produce
/// desired results; for instance, under Cygwin or Mingw it will return `/home/you`
/// when it should return `C:\Users\you`.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
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/// ```
#[deprecated(
since = "1.29.0",
note = "This function's behavior is unexpected and probably not what you want. \
note = "This function's behavior may be unexpected on Windows. \
Consider using a crate from crates.io instead."
)]
#[must_use]
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