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Author: aidanhs

[refs]

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-refs/heads/stable: e6c058e18c7a63e831a98b41d0d9df0e0c4901b4
+refs/heads/stable: e5c1884c26cf41a338e903ec60f58bdad49af886
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branches/stable/src/doc/reference.md

@@ -1636,6 +1636,10 @@ The type of a function declared in an extern block is `extern "abi" fn(A1, ...,
 An) -> R`, where `A1...An` are the declared types of its arguments and `R` is
 the declared return type.
 
+It is valid to add the `link` attribute on an empty extern block. You can use
+this to satisfy the linking requirements of extern blocks elsewhere in your code
+(including upstream crates) instead of adding the attribute to each extern block.
+
 ## Visibility and Privacy
 
 These two terms are often used interchangeably, and what they are attempting to