Documents reference equality by address (#54197)

Clarification of the use of `ptr::eq` to test equality of references
via address by pointer coercion
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Lucas Lois 2018-10-02 13:31:40 -03:00
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@ -908,11 +908,36 @@ mod prim_usize { }
/// `&mut T` references can be freely coerced into `&T` references with the same referent type, and
/// references with longer lifetimes can be freely coerced into references with shorter ones.
///
/// Reference equality by address, instead of comparing the values pointed to, is accomplished via
/// implicit reference-pointer coercion and raw pointer equality via [`ptr::eq`], while
/// [`PartialEq`] compares values.
///
/// [`ptr::eq`]: ptr/fn.eq.html
/// [`PartialEq`]: cmp/trait.PartialEq.html
///
/// ```
/// use std::ptr;
///
/// let five = 5;
/// let other_five = 5;
/// let five_ref = &five;
/// let same_five_ref = &five;
/// let other_five_ref = &other_five;
///
/// assert!(five_ref == same_five_ref);
/// assert!(five_ref == other_five_ref);
///
/// assert!(ptr::eq(five_ref, same_five_ref));
/// assert!(!ptr::eq(five_ref, other_five_ref));
/// ```
///
/// For more information on how to use references, see [the book's section on "References and
/// Borrowing"][book-refs].
///
/// [book-refs]: ../book/second-edition/ch04-02-references-and-borrowing.html
///
/// # Trait implementations
///
/// The following traits are implemented for all `&T`, regardless of the type of its referent:
///
/// * [`Copy`]