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diff --git a/src/doc/reference/src/memory-model.md b/src/doc/reference/src/memory-model.md index 2798b0d165f..aa57ae6ae9b 100644 --- a/src/doc/reference/src/memory-model.md +++ b/src/doc/reference/src/memory-model.md @@ -8,17 +8,3 @@ discipline, exist in the standard library. Allocations in the stack consist of *variables*, and allocations in the heap consist of *boxes*. - -## Memory allocation and lifetime - -The _items_ of a program are those functions, modules and types that have their -value calculated at compile-time and stored uniquely in the memory image of the -rust process. Items are neither dynamically allocated nor freed. - -The _heap_ is a general term that describes boxes. The lifetime of an -allocation in the heap depends on the lifetime of the box values pointing to -it. Since box values may themselves be passed in and out of frames, or stored -in the heap, heap allocations may outlive the frame they are allocated within. -An allocation in the heap is guaranteed to reside at a single location in the -heap for the whole lifetime of the allocation - it will never be relocated as -a result of moving a box value. |