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Shadowing vs Freezing
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Description
This example on Freezing should possibly be updated and moved to section 4.2 that talks of shadowing.
https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rust-by-example/variable_bindings/freeze.html
There is no "data freezing" going on based on the mutability state of the variables.
however as explained here https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/issues/1516 its variable shadowing.
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Research direction
Read the Freezing example at the linked Rust by Example page, then compare it with section 4.2 on shadowing and the discussion in issue #1516. Update the example's terminology and placement so it accurately describes variable shadowing, and verify the surrounding documentation remains coherent.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
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- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100