Use generic Content in Text to avoid reallocation in fill_text

core/src/renderer/null.rs

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl text::Renderer for () {
 
     fn fill_text(
         &mut self,
-        _paragraph: Text<'_, Self::Font>,
+        _paragraph: Text,
         _position: Point,
         _color: Color,
         _clip_bounds: Rectangle,
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ impl text::Renderer for () {
 impl text::Paragraph for () {
     type Font = Font;
 
-    fn with_text(_text: Text<'_, Self::Font>) -> Self {}
+    fn with_text(_text: Text<&str>) -> Self {}
 
     fn resize(&mut self, _new_bounds: Size) {}
 
-    fn compare(&self, _text: Text<'_, Self::Font>) -> text::Difference {
+    fn compare(&self, _text: Text<&str>) -> text::Difference {
         text::Difference::None
     }
 

core/src/text.rs

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 
 /// A paragraph.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-pub struct Text<'a, Font> {
+pub struct Text<Content = String, Font = crate::Font> {
     /// The content of the paragraph.
-    pub content: &'a str,
+    pub content: Content,
 
     /// The bounds of the paragraph.
     pub bounds: Size,
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ pub trait Renderer: crate::Renderer {
     /// [`Color`].
     fn fill_text(
         &mut self,
-        text: Text<'_, Self::Font>,
+        text: Text<String, Self::Font>,
         position: Point,
         color: Color,
         clip_bounds: Rectangle,

core/src/text/paragraph.rs

@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ pub trait Paragraph: Sized + Default {
     type Font: Copy + PartialEq;
 
     /// Creates a new [`Paragraph`] laid out with the given [`Text`].
-    fn with_text(text: Text<'_, Self::Font>) -> Self;
+    fn with_text(text: Text<&str, Self::Font>) -> Self;
 
     /// Lays out the [`Paragraph`] with some new boundaries.
     fn resize(&mut self, new_bounds: Size);
 
     /// Compares the [`Paragraph`] with some desired [`Text`] and returns the
     /// [`Difference`].
-    fn compare(&self, text: Text<'_, Self::Font>) -> Difference;
+    fn compare(&self, text: Text<&str, Self::Font>) -> Difference;
 
     /// Returns the horizontal alignment of the [`Paragraph`].
     fn horizontal_alignment(&self) -> alignment::Horizontal;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub trait Paragraph: Sized + Default {
     fn grapheme_position(&self, line: usize, index: usize) -> Option<Point>;
 
     /// Updates the [`Paragraph`] to match the given [`Text`], if needed.
-    fn update(&mut self, text: Text<'_, Self::Font>) {
+    fn update(&mut self, text: Text<&str, Self::Font>) {
         match self.compare(text) {
             Difference::None => {}
             Difference::Bounds => {