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b: refs/heads/master
c: 36e2c10
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

Author: brson

[refs]

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-refs/heads/master: e06ca6524447fc0e1adeef683a52a8bfd4a27707
+refs/heads/master: 36e2c100bfae61c8d7bc275829b4c9c9e66e7062
 refs/heads/snap-stage1: e33de59e47c5076a89eadeb38f4934f58a3618a6
 refs/heads/snap-stage3: eb8fd119c65c67f3b1b8268cc7341c22d39b7b61
 refs/heads/try: d324a424d8f84b1eb049b12cf34182bda91b0024

trunk/doc/tutorial.md

@@ -221,11 +221,11 @@ qualified name. For more details, see the section on [crates](#crates).
 
 Although Rust can almost always infer the types of local variables, you
 can specify a variable's type by following it with a colon, then the type
-name.
+name. Constants, an the other hand, always require a type annotation.
 
 ~~~~
-let monster_size: float = 57.8;
-let imaginary_size = monster_size * 10.0;
+const monster_factor: float = 57.8;
+let monster_size: float = monster_factor * 10.0;
 let monster_size: int = 50;
 ~~~~