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Rollup merge of #78093 - camelid:as-cleanup, r=jyn514
Clean up docs for 'as' keyword
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/// ```
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///
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/// In general, any cast that can be performed via ascribing the type can also be done using `as`,
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/// so instead of writing `let x: u32 = 123`, you can write `let x = 123 as u32` (Note: `let x: u32
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/// = 123` would be best in that situation). The same is not true in the other direction, however,
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/// so instead of writing `let x: u32 = 123`, you can write `let x = 123 as u32` (note: `let x: u32
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/// = 123` would be best in that situation). The same is not true in the other direction, however;
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/// explicitly using `as` allows a few more coercions that aren't allowed implicitly, such as
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/// changing the type of a raw pointer or turning closures into raw pointers.
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///
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/// Other places `as` is used include as extra syntax for [`crate`] and `use`, to change the name
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/// something is imported as.
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/// `as` is also used to rename imports in [`use`] and [`extern crate`] statements:
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///
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/// For more information on what `as` is capable of, see the [Reference]
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/// ```
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/// # #[allow(unused_imports)]
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/// use std::{mem as memory, net as network};
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/// // Now you can use the names `memory` and `network` to refer to `std::mem` and `std::net`.
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/// ```
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///
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/// For more information on what `as` is capable of, see the [Reference].
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///
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/// [Reference]: ../reference/expressions/operator-expr.html#type-cast-expressions
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/// [`crate`]: keyword.crate.html
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/// [`use`]: keyword.use.html
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/// [`extern crate`]: keyword.crate.html
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mod as_keyword {}
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#[doc(keyword = "break")]
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/// [Rust book]:
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/// ../book/ch19-01-unsafe-rust.html#using-extern-functions-to-call-external-code
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/// [Reference]: ../reference/items/external-blocks.html
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/// [`crate`]: keyword.crate.html
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mod extern_keyword {}
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#[doc(keyword = "false")]
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