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Fix links in the referece
and remove references to the unit type, which no longer exists Fixes #24999
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## Unicode productions
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A few productions in Rust's grammar permit Unicode code points outside the ASCII
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range. We define these productions in terms of character properties specified
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in the Unicode standard, rather than in terms of ASCII-range code points. The
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section [Special Unicode Productions](#special-unicode-productions) lists these
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productions.
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A few productions in Rust's grammar permit Unicode code points outside the
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ASCII range. We define these productions in terms of character properties
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specified in the Unicode standard, rather than in terms of ASCII-range code
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points. The grammar has a [Special Unicode Productions][unicodeproductions]
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section that lists these productions.
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[unicodeproductions]: grammar.html#special-unicode-productions
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## String table productions
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Some rules in the grammar — notably [unary
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operators](#unary-operator-expressions), [binary
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operators](#binary-operator-expressions), and [keywords](#keywords) — are
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operators](#binary-operator-expressions), and [keywords][keywords] — are
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given in a simplified form: as a listing of a table of unquoted, printable
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whitespace-separated strings. These cases form a subset of the rules regarding
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the [token](#tokens) rule, and are assumed to be the result of a
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lexical-analysis phase feeding the parser, driven by a DFA, operating over the
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disjunction of all such string table entries.
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[keywords]: grammar.html#keywords
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When such a string enclosed in double-quotes (`"`) occurs inside the grammar,
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it is an implicit reference to a single member of such a string table
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production. See [tokens](#tokens) for more information.
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- The first character has property `XID_start`
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that does _not_ occur in the set of [keywords](#keywords).
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that does _not_ occur in the set of [keywords][keywords].
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> **Note**: `XID_start` and `XID_continue` as character properties cover the
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> character ranges used to form the more familiar C and Java language-family
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roles in a variety of grammar productions. They are catalogued here for
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completeness as the set of remaining miscellaneous printable tokens that do not
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otherwise appear as [unary operators](#unary-operator-expressions), [binary
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operators](#binary-operator-expressions), or [keywords](#keywords).
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operators](#binary-operator-expressions), or [keywords][keywords].
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## Paths
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Each source file contains a sequence of zero or more `item` definitions, and
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may optionally begin with any number of [attributes](#Items and attributes)
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may optionally begin with any number of [attributes](#items-and-attributes)
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that apply to the containing module, most of which influence the behavior of
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the compiler. The anonymous crate module can have additional attributes that
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* [`use` declarations](#use-declarations)
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* [modules](#modules)
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* [functions](#functions)
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* [type definitions](#type-definitions)
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* [type definitions](grammar.html#type-definitions)
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* [structures](#structures)
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* [enumerations](#enumerations)
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* [static items](#static-items)
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A _use declaration_ creates one or more local name bindings synonymous with
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some other [path](#paths). Usually a `use` declaration is used to shorten the
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path required to refer to a module item. These declarations may appear at the
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top of [modules](#modules) and [blocks](#blocks).
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top of [modules](#modules) and [blocks](grammar.html#block-expressions).
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> **Note**: Unlike in many languages,
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the list of fields entirely. Such types will have a single value, just like
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the [unit value `()`](#unit-and-boolean-literals) of the unit type. For
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the list of fields entirely. Such types will have a single value. For example:
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### Unit expressions
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(not mere [type definitions](#type-definitions),
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(not mere [type definitions](grammar.html#type-definitions),
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* A recursive `enum` item must have at least one non-recursive constructor
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