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Clarify that slices don't just point to arrays #23641

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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions src/libstd/lib.rs
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//!
//! ## Vectors, slices and strings
//!
//! The common container type, `Vec`, a growable vector backed by an
//! array, lives in the [`vec`](vec/index.html) module. References to
//! arrays, `&[T]`, more commonly called "slices", are built-in types
//! for which the [`slice`](slice/index.html) module defines many
//! methods.
//! The common container type, `Vec`, a growable vector backed by an array,
//! lives in the [`vec`](vec/index.html) module. Contiguous, unsized regions
//! of memory, `[T]`, commonly called "slices", and their borrowed versions,
//! `&[T]`, commonly called "borrowed slices", are built-in types for which the
//! for which the [`slice`](slice/index.html) module defines many methods.
//!
//! `&str`, a UTF-8 string, is a built-in type, and the standard library
//! defines methods for it on a variety of traits in the
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