c_void documentation has a broken `[pointer]` link
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Description
Compare https://docs.rs/libc/0.2.182/libc/enum.c_void.html with https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ffi/enum.c_void.html - the former has
Equivalent to C’s void type when used as a [pointer].
while the later has
Equivalent to C’s void type when used as a pointer.
The link should be fixed in the docs.rs documentation for the crate
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Research direction
Compare the cited docs.rs libc::c_void page with the Rust standard-library c_void page, then locate the source for the c_void documentation in this repository. Fix the missing pointer link and verify that the generated docs.rs text links to the pointer documentation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100