Add doc to ty::View

rust-lang · Jan 5, 2020 · b55bab2 · b55bab2
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diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/view.rs b/src/librustc/ty/view.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ use crate::{
 
 pub use self::ViewKind::*;
 
+/// `View<'tcx, T>` contains a value of `T` but stores the `Ty<'tcx>` ptr that contains the `T`
+/// This allows for cheap access to the `Ty<'tcx>` without needing to ask the type interner or
+/// losing the `T` type.
 #[derive(TypeFoldable, Lift)]
 pub struct View<'tcx, T> {
     ty: Ty<'tcx>,