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@@ -908,6 +908,11 @@ function defined above on `[1, 2]` will instantiate type parameter `T`
 with `int`, and require the closure parameter to have type
 `fn(int)`.
 
+The type parameters can also be explicitly supplied in a trailing
+[path](#paths) component after the function name. This might be necessary
+if there is not sufficient context to determine the type parameters. For
+example, `sys::size_of::<u32>() == 4`.
+
 Since a parameter type is opaque to the generic function, the set of
 operations that can be performed on it is limited. Values of parameter
 type can always be moved, but they can only be copied when the
@@ -1085,15 +1090,6 @@ let p = Point(10, 11);
 let px: int = match p { Point(x, _) => x };
 ~~~~
 
-A _unit-like struct_ is a structure without any fields, defined by leaving off the fields list entirely.
-Such types will have a single value, just like the [unit value `()`](#unit-and-boolean-literals) of the unit type.
-For example:
-
-~~~~
-struct Cookie;
-let c = [Cookie, Cookie, Cookie, Cookie];
-~~~~
-
 ### Enumerations
 
 An _enumeration_ is a simultaneous definition of a nominal [enumerated type](#enumerated-types) as well as a set of *constructors*,
@@ -1599,8 +1595,7 @@ struct_expr : expr_path '{' ident ':' expr
                       [ ',' ident ':' expr ] *
                       [ ".." expr ] '}' |
               expr_path '(' expr
-                      [ ',' expr ] * ')' |
-              expr_path
+                      [ ',' expr ] * ')'
 ~~~~~~~~
 
 There are several forms of structure expressions.
@@ -1610,28 +1605,23 @@ providing the field values of a new instance of the structure.
 A field name can be any identifier, and is separated from its value expression by a colon.
 To indicate that a field is mutable, the `mut` keyword is written before its name.
 
-A _tuple structure expression_ consists of the [path](#paths) of a [structure item](#structures),
+A _tuple structure expression_ constists of the [path](#paths) of a [structure item](#structures),
 followed by a parenthesized list of one or more comma-separated expressions
 (in other words, the path of a structured item followed by a tuple expression).
 The structure item must be a tuple structure item.
 
-A _unit-like structure expression_ consists only of the [path](#paths) of a [structure item](#structures).
-
 The following are examples of structure expressions:
 
 ~~~~
 # struct Point { x: float, y: float }
 # struct TuplePoint(float, float);
 # mod game { pub struct User { name: &str, age: uint, score: uint } }
-# struct Cookie; fn some_fn<T>(t: T) {}
 Point {x: 10f, y: 20f};
 TuplePoint(10f, 20f);
 let u = game::User {name: "Joe", age: 35u, score: 100_000};
-some_fn::<Cookie>(Cookie);
 ~~~~
 
 A structure expression forms a new value of the named structure type.
-Note that for a given *unit-like* structure type, this will always be the same value.
 
 A structure expression can terminate with the syntax `..` followed by an expression to denote a functional update.
 The expression following `..` (the base) must be of the same structure type as the new structure type being formed.
@@ -2055,12 +2045,14 @@ an optional reference slot to serve as the function's output, bound to the
 `lval` on the right hand side of the call. If the function eventually returns,
 then the expression completes.
 
-An example of a call expression:
+Some examples of call expressions:
 
 ~~~~
 # fn add(x: int, y: int) -> int { 0 }
+# use core::from_str::FromStr::from_str;
 
 let x: int = add(1, 2);
+let pi = from_str::<f32>("3.14");
 ~~~~
 
 ### Lambda expressions
@@ -2658,10 +2650,7 @@ the resulting `struct` value will always be laid out in memory in the order spec
 The fields of a `struct` may be qualified by [visibility modifiers](#visibility-modifiers),
 to restrict access to implementation-private data in a structure.
 
-A _tuple struct_ type is just like a structure type, except that the fields are anonymous.
-
-A _unit-like struct_ type is like a structure type, except that it has no fields.
-The one value constructed by the associated [structure expression](#structure-expression) is the only value that inhabits such a type.
+A `tuple struct` type is just like a structure type, except that the fields are anonymous.
 
 ### Enumerated types