Rollup merge of #78093 - camelid:as-cleanup, r=jyn514

Clean up docs for 'as' keyword
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/// ```
///
/// In general, any cast that can be performed via ascribing the type can also be done using `as`,
/// so instead of writing `let x: u32 = 123`, you can write `let x = 123 as u32` (Note: `let x: u32
/// = 123` would be best in that situation). The same is not true in the other direction, however,
/// so instead of writing `let x: u32 = 123`, you can write `let x = 123 as u32` (note: `let x: u32
/// = 123` would be best in that situation). The same is not true in the other direction, however;
/// explicitly using `as` allows a few more coercions that aren't allowed implicitly, such as
/// changing the type of a raw pointer or turning closures into raw pointers.
///
/// Other places `as` is used include as extra syntax for [`crate`] and `use`, to change the name
/// something is imported as.
/// `as` is also used to rename imports in [`use`] and [`extern crate`] statements:
///
/// For more information on what `as` is capable of, see the [Reference]
/// ```
/// # #[allow(unused_imports)]
/// use std::{mem as memory, net as network};
/// // Now you can use the names `memory` and `network` to refer to `std::mem` and `std::net`.
/// ```
///
/// For more information on what `as` is capable of, see the [Reference].
///
/// [Reference]: ../reference/expressions/operator-expr.html#type-cast-expressions
/// [`crate`]: keyword.crate.html
/// [`use`]: keyword.use.html
/// [`extern crate`]: keyword.crate.html
mod as_keyword {}
#[doc(keyword = "break")]
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/// [Rust book]:
/// ../book/ch19-01-unsafe-rust.html#using-extern-functions-to-call-external-code
/// [Reference]: ../reference/items/external-blocks.html
/// [`crate`]: keyword.crate.html
mod extern_keyword {}
#[doc(keyword = "false")]