Clarify memory structure of vectors in documentation #31666
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| @@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ There’s an alternate form of `vec!` for repeating an initial value: | |||
| let v = vec![0; 10]; // ten zeroes | |||
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| Vectors store their contents as contiguous arrays of `T` on the heap. This means | |||
| that they must be able to know the size of `T` at compile (that is, how many | |||
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@rkruppe: Nice catch, fixed!
Closes rust-lang#31554. Contributes to rust-lang#29380.
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…t-in-vec-docs, r=steveklabnik Tweak documentation to clarify the structure of `Vec`s as contiguous arrays of items in memory. Closes rust-lang#31554; contributes to rust-lang#29380. r? @steveklabnik
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…cs, r=steveklabnik Tweak documentation to clarify the structure of `Vec`s as contiguous arrays of items in memory. Closes #31554; contributes to #29380. r? @steveklabnik
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| (Notice that unlike the `println!` macro we’ve used in the past, we use square | |||
| brackets `[]` with `vec!` macro. Rust allows you to use either in either situation, | |||
| this is just convention.) | |||
| brackets `[]` with `vec!` macro. Rust allows you to use either in either | |||
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Tweak documentation to clarify the structure of
Vecs as contiguous arrays of items in memory.Closes #31554; contributes to #29380.
r? @steveklabnik