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Rollup merge of #78274 - Enet4:patch-1, r=jonas-schievink
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Update description of Empty Enum for accuracy

An empty enum is similar to the never type `!`, rather than the unit type `()`.
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jonas-schievink committed Oct 24, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -346,14 +346,15 @@ mod else_keyword {}
/// When data follows along with a variant, such as with rust's built-in [`Option`] type, the data
/// is added as the type describes, for example `Option::Some(123)`. The same follows with
/// struct-like variants, with things looking like `ComplexEnum::LotsOfThings { usual_struct_stuff:
/// true, blah: "hello!".to_string(), }`. Empty Enums are similar to () in that they cannot be
/// true, blah: "hello!".to_string(), }`. Empty Enums are similar to [`!`] in that they cannot be
/// instantiated at all, and are used mainly to mess with the type system in interesting ways.
///
/// For more information, take a look at the [Rust Book] or the [Reference]
///
/// [ADT]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_data_type
/// [Rust Book]: ../book/ch06-01-defining-an-enum.html
/// [Reference]: ../reference/items/enumerations.html
/// [`!`]: primitive.never.html
mod enum_keyword {}

#[doc(keyword = "extern")]
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