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authorJake Goulding <jake.goulding@gmail.com>2017-02-11 23:42:39 -0500
committerJake Goulding <jake.goulding@gmail.com>2017-02-11 23:42:39 -0500
commit037ef0bbc88742187e6059a846f027bb99884267 (patch)
tree9dd7e140bbeb7ec2a26ed02ef4cc8a4ff7d734ab /src
parentba7cf7cc5daefb9f28371b8be87dc262fb55937c (diff)
downloadrust-037ef0bbc88742187e6059a846f027bb99884267.tar.gz
Improve grammar on field init docs
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/doc/book/structs.md4
-rw-r--r--src/doc/reference.md8
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/doc/book/structs.md b/src/doc/book/structs.md
index dcf74cbb0a7..f10fb6274c6 100644
--- a/src/doc/book/structs.md
+++ b/src/doc/book/structs.md
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ fn main() {
}
```
-Initialization of a data structure (struct, enum, union) can be simplified if
-fields of the data structure are initialized with variables which has same
+Initialization of a data structure (struct, enum, union) can be simplified when
+fields of the data structure are initialized with variables of the same
names as the fields.
```
diff --git a/src/doc/reference.md b/src/doc/reference.md
index 8aefabe61fd..ab4da862033 100644
--- a/src/doc/reference.md
+++ b/src/doc/reference.md
@@ -2819,12 +2819,8 @@ Point3d {y: 0, z: 10, .. base};
#### Struct field init shorthand
When initializing a data structure (struct, enum, union) with named fields,
-allow writing `fieldname` as a shorthand for `fieldname: fieldname`. This
-allows a compact syntax for initialization, with less duplication.
-
-In the initializer for a `struct` with named fields, a `union` with named
-fields, or an enum variant with named fields, accept an identifier `field` as a
-shorthand for `field: field`.
+it is allowed to write `fieldname` as a shorthand for `fieldname: fieldname`.
+This allows a compact syntax with less duplication.
Example: