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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions src/generics/new_types.md
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Uncomment the last print statement to observe that the type supplied must be `Years`.

To obtain the `newtype`'s value as the base type, you may use tuple syntax like so:
To obtain the `newtype`'s value as the base type, you may use the tuple or destructuring syntax like so:
```rust, editable
struct Years(i64);

fn main() {
let years = Years(42);
let years_as_primitive: i64 = years.0;
let years_as_primitive_1: i64 = years.0; // Tuple
let Years(years_as_primitive_2) = years; // Destructuring
}
```

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