Rollup merge of #26133 - steveklabnik:gh25573, r=alexcrichton

This obscures more than it helps.

Fixes #25573
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Steve Klabnik 2015-06-09 17:24:44 -04:00
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@ -78,7 +78,3 @@ Almost always, if you can choose between the two, choose `const`. Its pretty
rare that you actually want a memory location associated with your constant, rare that you actually want a memory location associated with your constant,
and using a const allows for optimizations like constant propagation not only and using a const allows for optimizations like constant propagation not only
in your crate but downstream crates. in your crate but downstream crates.
A const can be thought of as a `#define` in C: it has metadata overhead but it
has no runtime overhead. “Should I use a #define or a static in C,” is largely
the same question as whether you should use a const or a static in Rust.