rust/src/doc/guide-pointers.md

% The Rust Pointer Guide

This content has been removed, with no direct replacement. Rust only
has two built-in pointer types now,
[references](book/ch04-02-references-and-borrowing.html) and [raw
pointers](book/raw-pointers.html). Older Rusts had many more pointer
types, they’re gone now.
-												Change removal notice for pointer guide.

This is a bit outdated.

											
										
										
											2015-06-29 21:17:56 +02:00
+								% The Rust Pointer Guide
-												Add stub deprecation files for each of the old guides.

There are hundreds of stackoverflow answers, reddit posts and blog
articles that link to these documents, so it's a nicer user experience
if they're not plain 404s.

The intention is to let these hang around only for relatively short
while. The alpha is likely to bring in many new users and they will be
reading the documents mentioned above.

											
										
										
											2015-01-09 09:47:09 +01:00
-												Change removal notice for pointer guide.

This is a bit outdated.

											
										
										
											2015-06-29 21:17:56 +02:00
+								This content has been removed, with no direct replacement. Rust only
 								has two built-in pointer types now,
-												Convert old doc links to current edition

Use footnote style to bypass the tidy check

											
										
										
											2019-01-23 04:55:37 +01:00
+								[references](book/ch04-02-references-and-borrowing.html) and [raw
-												Change removal notice for pointer guide.

This is a bit outdated.

											
										
										
											2015-06-29 21:17:56 +02:00
+								pointers](book/raw-pointers.html). Older Rusts had many more pointer
 								types, they’re gone now.