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Expand Up @@ -845,6 +845,20 @@ extern crate std; // equivalent to: extern crate std as std;
extern crate std as ruststd; // linking to 'std' under another name
```

When naming Rust crates, hyphens are disallowed. However, Cargo packages may
make use of them. In such case, when `Cargo.toml` doesn't specify a crate name,
Cargo will transparently replace `-` with `_` (Refer to [RFC 940] for more
details).

Here is an example:

```{.ignore}
// Importing the Cargo package hello-world
extern crate hello_world; // hyphen replaced with an underscore
```

[RFC 940]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0940-hyphens-considered-harmful.md

#### Use declarations

A _use declaration_ creates one or more local name bindings synonymous with
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## Type coercions

Coercions are defined in [RFC401]. A coercion is implicit and has no syntax.
Coercions are defined in [RFC 401]. A coercion is implicit and has no syntax.

[RFC401]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0401-coercions.md
[RFC 401]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0401-coercions.md

### Coercion sites

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In the future, coerce_inner will be recursively extended to tuples and
structs. In addition, coercions from sub-traits to super-traits will be
added. See [RFC401] for more details.
added. See [RFC 401] for more details.

# Special traits

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