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Expand Up @@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ itself. Such recursion has restrictions:
Rec = &'static [Rec]` is not allowed.
* The size of a recursive type must be finite; in other words the recursive
fields of the type must be [pointer types].
* Recursive type definitions can cross module boundaries, but not module
*visibility* boundaries, or crate boundaries (in order to simplify the module
system and type checker).

An example of a *recursive* type and its use:

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