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		BananaaRepublik 47 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Core of Rust On the topic of being explicit, why is it pub/pub(crate) rather than pub(extern)/pub?

Measter 47 days ago [–]

pub(crate) came later. I think it's something an edition could change, but I don't remember seeing people suggest it.

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