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diff --git a/doc/rust.md b/doc/rust.md index 1d5a685a6a2..719750ea7ca 100644 --- a/doc/rust.md +++ b/doc/rust.md @@ -2435,10 +2435,11 @@ match x { } ~~~~ -Patterns that bind variables default to binding to a copy of the matched value. This can be made -explicit using the ```copy``` keyword, changed to bind to a borrowed pointer by using the ```ref``` -keyword, or to a mutable borrowed pointer using ```ref mut```, or the value can be moved into -the new binding using ```move```. +Patterns that bind variables default to binding to a copy or move of the matched value +(depending on the matched value's type). +This can be made explicit using the ```copy``` keyword, +changed to bind to a borrowed pointer by using the ```ref``` keyword, +or to a mutable borrowed pointer using ```ref mut```. A pattern that's just an identifier, like `Nil` in the previous answer, |