| # Data Representation in Rust |
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| Low-level programming cares a lot about data layout. It's a big deal. It also |
| pervasively influences the rest of the language, so we're going to start by |
| digging into how data is represented in Rust. |
| |
| This chapter is ideally in agreement with, and rendered redundant by, |
| the [Type Layout section of the Reference][ref-type-layout]. When this |
| book was first written, the reference was in complete disrepair, and the |
| Rustonomicon was attempting to serve as a partial replacement for the reference. |
| This is no longer the case, so this whole chapter can ideally be deleted. |
| |
| We'll keep this chapter around for a bit longer, but ideally you should be |
| contributing any new facts or improvements to the Reference instead. |
| |
| [ref-type-layout]: ../reference/type-layout.html |
