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Elaborate on how to use an extern static correctly #736

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This updates the reference to reflect the discussion from rust-lang/rust#67630 (comment)

Extern statics can be either immutable or mutable just like statics outside of external blocks.
An immutable static *must* be initialized before any Rust code is executed. It is not enough for
the static to be initialized before Rust code reads from it. This may change in the future, but for
now, if you want to lazily initialize such a static, use a mutable static.
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Remove the last sentence. The reference is not a user guide / should not contain advice.

memory is valid for the type it is declared with, since some arbitrary (e.g. C) code is in charge
of initializing the static.

Extern statics can be either immutable or mutable just like statics outside of external blocks.
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Extern statics can be either immutable or mutable just like statics outside of external blocks.
Extern statics can be either immutable or mutable just like [statics outside of external blocks].

Link to ordinary statics here.

@Centril Centril self-assigned this Jan 10, 2020
@Centril Centril merged commit 55a3f99 into rust-lang:master Jan 10, 2020
Centril added a commit to Centril/rust that referenced this pull request Jan 21, 2020
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Update cargo, books

## cargo

9 commits in ad3dbe10e1e654fb1f032a5dd9481d7cbaa00d65..f6449ba236db31995255ac5e4cad4ab88296a7c6
2020-01-13 21:37:15 +0000 to 2020-01-21 16:15:39 +0000
- Fix wrong directories in host_libdir. (rust-lang/cargo#7798)
- Update humantime requirement from 1.2.0 to 2.0.0 (rust-lang/cargo#7815)
- Fix doc_target test which no longer works on stable/beta. (rust-lang/cargo#7817)
- Fix some erroneous em-dashes in man pages. (rust-lang/cargo#7814)
- fix some clippy warnings (rust-lang/cargo#7808)
- Don't assume iowait always increases on Linux (rust-lang/cargo#7803)
- Add and update some doc comments. (rust-lang/cargo#7800)
- Consistently use em-dash in environment documentation page. (rust-lang/cargo#7799)
- Load credentials only when needed (rust-lang/cargo#7774)

## reference

3 commits in e115753..11e893f
2019-12-22 13:13:14 +0100 to 2020-01-18 21:24:08 +0100
- Small improvements to types/pointer.md (rust-lang/reference#726)
- repr(transparent): mention align=1 requirement (rust-lang/reference#737)
- Elaborate on how to use an extern static correctly (rust-lang/reference#736)

## book

4 commits in 5c5cfd2e94cd42632798d9bd3d1116133e128ac9..87dd6843678575f8dda962f239d14ef4be14b352
2019-12-16 09:27:21 -0600 to 2020-01-20 15:20:40 -0500
- Fix listing numbers (rust-lang/book#2227)
- Move `async` and `await` keywords to 'Currently in Use' (rust-lang/book#2140)
- More cleanup - remove unneeded files (rust-lang/book#2213)
- Small cleanups extracted from the bigger pr i'm working on (rust-lang/book#2212)

## rust-by-example

1 commits in 1d59403cb5269c190cc52a95584ecc280345495a..1c2bd024d13f8011307e13386cf1fea2180352b5
2019-12-27 08:27:05 -0300 to 2020-01-20 12:18:36 -0300
- CamelCase -> UpperCamelCase (rust-lang/rust-by-example#1302)

## embedded-book

1 commits in 9493b7d4dc97eda439bd8780f05ad7b234cd1cd7..4d78994915af1bde9a95c04a8c27d8dca066232a
2019-12-27 20:05:00 +0000 to 2020-01-14 08:25:25 +0000
- Update .gitattributes  (rust-embedded/book#221)
Centril added a commit to Centril/rust that referenced this pull request Jan 22, 2020
…chton

Update cargo, books

## cargo

9 commits in ad3dbe10e1e654fb1f032a5dd9481d7cbaa00d65..f6449ba236db31995255ac5e4cad4ab88296a7c6
2020-01-13 21:37:15 +0000 to 2020-01-21 16:15:39 +0000
- Fix wrong directories in host_libdir. (rust-lang/cargo#7798)
- Update humantime requirement from 1.2.0 to 2.0.0 (rust-lang/cargo#7815)
- Fix doc_target test which no longer works on stable/beta. (rust-lang/cargo#7817)
- Fix some erroneous em-dashes in man pages. (rust-lang/cargo#7814)
- fix some clippy warnings (rust-lang/cargo#7808)
- Don't assume iowait always increases on Linux (rust-lang/cargo#7803)
- Add and update some doc comments. (rust-lang/cargo#7800)
- Consistently use em-dash in environment documentation page. (rust-lang/cargo#7799)
- Load credentials only when needed (rust-lang/cargo#7774)

## reference

3 commits in e115753..11e893f
2019-12-22 13:13:14 +0100 to 2020-01-18 21:24:08 +0100
- Small improvements to types/pointer.md (rust-lang/reference#726)
- repr(transparent): mention align=1 requirement (rust-lang/reference#737)
- Elaborate on how to use an extern static correctly (rust-lang/reference#736)

## book

4 commits in 5c5cfd2e94cd42632798d9bd3d1116133e128ac9..87dd6843678575f8dda962f239d14ef4be14b352
2019-12-16 09:27:21 -0600 to 2020-01-20 15:20:40 -0500
- Fix listing numbers (rust-lang/book#2227)
- Move `async` and `await` keywords to 'Currently in Use' (rust-lang/book#2140)
- More cleanup - remove unneeded files (rust-lang/book#2213)
- Small cleanups extracted from the bigger pr i'm working on (rust-lang/book#2212)

## rust-by-example

1 commits in 1d59403cb5269c190cc52a95584ecc280345495a..1c2bd024d13f8011307e13386cf1fea2180352b5
2019-12-27 08:27:05 -0300 to 2020-01-20 12:18:36 -0300
- CamelCase -> UpperCamelCase (rust-lang/rust-by-example#1302)

## embedded-book

1 commits in 9493b7d4dc97eda439bd8780f05ad7b234cd1cd7..4d78994915af1bde9a95c04a8c27d8dca066232a
2019-12-27 20:05:00 +0000 to 2020-01-14 08:25:25 +0000
- Update .gitattributes  (rust-embedded/book#221)
@ehuss ehuss mentioned this pull request Aug 3, 2020
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