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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/doc/trpl/generics.md
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% Generics

Sometimes, when writing a function or data type, we may want it to work for
multiple types of arguments. Luckily, Rust has a feature that gives us a better
way: generics. Generics are called ‘parametric polymorphism’ in type theory,
multiple types of arguments. In Rust, we can do this with generics.
Generics are called ‘parametric polymorphism’ in type theory,
which means that they are types or functions that have multiple forms (‘poly’
is multiple, ‘morph’ is form) over a given parameter (‘parametric’).

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