From f972e09f76e5d5557a56026b4ffa78eb76df6564 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:06:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] style-guide: Define what an item is

---
 src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md b/src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md
index 8a0954f5343..1e0e60248bf 100644
--- a/src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md
+++ b/src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## Items
 
+Items consist of the set of things permitted at the top level of a module.
+However, Rust also allows some items to appear within some other types of
+items, such as within a function. The same formatting conventions apply whether
+an item appears at module level or within another item.
+
 `extern crate` statements must be first in a file. They must be ordered
 alphabetically.