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ambimorph opened this issue May 29, 2014 · 2 comments · Fixed by #16657
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tutorial: two kinds of box? #14503

ambimorph opened this issue May 29, 2014 · 2 comments · Fixed by #16657

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In http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/master/tutorial.html#ownership, both the just-introduced box operator is used, and a previously unseen parameterised type, Box. The latter is not introduced until http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/master/tutorial.html#boxes, where it is called an "owned box". This was confusing to my partner, who said "Aren't all objects owned? Is there such thing as a non-owned object?".
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A few sentences further, it appears "owned" means single owner?

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Yes, this terminology has certainly gotten a bit weird.

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steveklabnik added a commit to steveklabnik/rust that referenced this issue Sep 11, 2014
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Replace the Tutorial with the Guide.
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The Guide isn't 100% perfect, but it's basically complete. It's
certainly better than the tutorial is. Time to start pointing more
people its way.

I also just made it consistent to call all things 'guides' rather than
tutorials.

Fixes rust-lang#9874. This is the big one.

And two bugs that just go away.

Fixes rust-lang#14503.
Fixes rust-lang#15009.
bors added a commit that referenced this issue Sep 12, 2014
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auto merge of #16657 : steveklabnik/rust/goodbye_tutorial, r=brson
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The Guide isn't 100% perfect, but it's basically complete. It's
certainly better than the tutorial is. Time to start pointing more
people its way.

I also just made it consistent to call all things 'guides' rather than
tutorials.

Fixes #9874. This is the big one.

And two bugs that just go away.

Fixes #14503.
Fixes #15009.
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