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diff --git a/src/libcore/clone.rs b/src/libcore/clone.rs index d13daf0964a..9f928f57e9e 100644 --- a/src/libcore/clone.rs +++ b/src/libcore/clone.rs @@ -8,18 +8,16 @@ // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed // except according to those terms. -/*! The `Clone` trait for types that cannot be 'implicitly copied' - -In Rust, some simple types are "implicitly copyable" and when you -assign them or pass them as arguments, the receiver will get a copy, -leaving the original value in place. These types do not require -allocation to copy and do not have finalizers (i.e. they do not -contain owned boxes or implement `Drop`), so the compiler considers -them cheap and safe to copy. For other types copies must be made -explicitly, by convention implementing the `Clone` trait and calling -the `clone` method. - -*/ +//! The `Clone` trait for types that cannot be 'implicitly copied' +//! +//! In Rust, some simple types are "implicitly copyable" and when you +//! assign them or pass them as arguments, the receiver will get a copy, +//! leaving the original value in place. These types do not require +//! allocation to copy and do not have finalizers (i.e. they do not +//! contain owned boxes or implement `Drop`), so the compiler considers +//! them cheap and safe to copy. For other types copies must be made +//! explicitly, by convention implementing the `Clone` trait and calling +//! the `clone` method. #![unstable] |