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Fixed documentation for finalize->drop change #7516

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Fixed documentation for finalize->drop change
sfackler Jul 1, 2013
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Removing the rename warning
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Expand Up @@ -2879,14 +2879,12 @@ The kinds are:
Types with destructors (types that implement `Drop`) can not implement `Copy`.
`Drop`
: This is not strictly a kind, but its presence interacts with kinds: the `Drop`
trait provides a single method `finalize` that takes no parameters, and is run
trait provides a single method `drop` that takes no parameters, and is run
when values of the type are dropped. Such a method is called a "destructor",
and are always executed in "top-down" order: a value is completely destroyed
before any of the values it owns run their destructors. Only `Send` types
that do not implement `Copy` can implement `Drop`.

> **Note:** The `finalize` method may be renamed in future versions of Rust.

_Default_
: Types with destructors, closure environments,
and various other _non-first-class_ types,
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