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| author | Camelid <camelidcamel@gmail.com> | 2020-09-07 18:25:14 -0700 |
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| committer | Camelid <camelidcamel@gmail.com> | 2020-09-07 18:41:55 -0700 |
| commit | 1f78509afef6a67d5deea29fc4c43c837b71b13d (patch) | |
| tree | 13d3ff8f5dec342b875d38e8fa9c28c95280954a | |
| parent | 9fe551ae49289ce6f693ca0dabf4c9c15164f67d (diff) | |
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Improve wording of E0607 explanation
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diff --git a/compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes/E0607.md b/compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes/E0607.md index ea6e10105b0..1cb493e196d 100644 --- a/compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes/E0607.md +++ b/compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes/E0607.md @@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ First: what are thin and fat pointers? Thin pointers are "simple" pointers: they are purely a reference to a memory address. -Fat pointers are pointers referencing Dynamically Sized Types (also called DST). -DST don't have a statically known size, therefore they can only exist behind -some kind of pointers that contain additional information. Slices and trait -objects are DSTs. In the case of slices, the additional information the fat -pointer holds is their size. +Fat pointers are pointers referencing Dynamically Sized Types (also called +DSTs). DSTs don't have a statically known size, therefore they can only exist +behind some kind of pointer that contains additional information. Slices and +trait objects are DSTs. In the case of slices, the additional information the +fat pointer holds is their size. To fix this error, don't try to cast directly between thin and fat pointers. -For more information about casts, take a look at the Type cast section in -[The Reference Book][1]. +For more information about type casts, take a look at the section of the +[The Rust Reference][1] on type cast expressions. [1]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/expressions/operator-expr.html#type-cast-expressions |
