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Instant/SystemTime doc: add meaning to first line #30591

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Instant/SystemTime doc: add meaning to first line
SimonSapin Dec 28, 2015
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Update wording of Instant and SystemTime docs
SimonSapin Jan 12, 2016
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions src/libstd/time/mod.rs
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Expand Up @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub use self::duration::Duration;
mod duration;

/// A measurement of a monotonically increasing clock.
/// Opaque and useful only with `Duration`.
///
/// Instants are always guaranteed to be greater than any previously measured
/// instant when created, and are often useful for tasks such as measuring
Expand All @@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ mod duration;
#[unstable(feature = "time2", reason = "recently added", issue = "29866")]
pub struct Instant(time::Instant);

/// A measurement of the system clock appropriate for timestamps such as those
/// on files on the filesystem.
/// A measurement of the system clock, useful for talking to
/// external entities like the file system or other processes.
///
/// Distinct from the `Instant` type, this time measurement **is not
/// monotonic**. This means that you can save a file to the file system, then
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