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authorSean Linsley <code@seanlinsley.com>2023-10-16 12:41:43 -0500
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2023-10-16 12:41:43 -0500
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Improve rewind documentation
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@@ -556,6 +556,10 @@ where
 /// therefore, using something that implements [`BufRead`], such as
 /// [`BufReader`], will be more efficient.
 ///
+/// Repeated calls to the reader use the same cursor, so for example
+/// calling `read_to_end` twice on a [`File`] will only return the file's
+/// contents once. It's recommended to first call `rewind()` in that case.
+///
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// [`File`]s implement `Read`: