From b7832d785629e5235b67f05604163b017ee49535 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Geisler <mgeisler@google.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 15:15:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update glossary.md (#1455)

Expand a few random entries of the glossary. This is just to remind
people that the glossary exists and that we should work on making it
complete.

Part of #1466.
---
 src/glossary.md | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/glossary.md b/src/glossary.md
index 6502e275..08b822de 100644
--- a/src/glossary.md
+++ b/src/glossary.md
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ Also, please keep the hard line breaks to ensure a nice formatting.
 - keyword:\
 - library:\
 - macro:\
-- main function:\
+  Rust macros can be recognized by a `!` in the name. Macros are used
+  when normal functions are not enough. A typical example is `format!`,
+  which takes a variable number of arguments, which isn't supported by
+  Rust functions.
+- `main` function:\
+  Rust programs start executing with the `main` function.
 - match:\
 - memory leak:\
 - method:\
@@ -92,6 +97,8 @@ Also, please keep the hard line breaks to ensure a nice formatting.
 - standard library:\
 - static:\
 - string:\
+  A data type storing textual data. See
+  [`String` vs `str`](basic-syntax/string-slices.html) for more.
 - struct:\
 - test:\
 - thread:\
@@ -102,5 +109,10 @@ Also, please keep the hard line breaks to ensure a nice formatting.
 - undefined behavior:\
 - union:\
 - unit test:\
+  Rust comes with built-in support for running small unit tests and larger
+  integration tests. See [Unit Tests](testing/unit-tests.html).
 - unsafe:\
+  The subset of Rust which allows you to trigger _undefined behavior_.
+  See [Unsafe Rust](unsafe.html).
 - variable:\
+  A memory location storing data. Variables are valid in a _scope_.