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Igor Petruk cde1c433f6
Update trait-bounds.md (#248)
Mentioning `where` clause syntax in speaker notes.
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# Trait Bounds
When working with generics, you often want to limit the types. You can do this
with `T: Trait` or `impl Trait`:
```rust,editable
fn duplicate<T: Clone>(a: T) -> (T, T) {
(a.clone(), a.clone())
}
// struct NotClonable;
fn main() {
let foo = String::from("foo");
let pair = duplicate(foo);
}
```
<details>
Consider showing a `where` clause syntax. Students can encounter it too when reading code.
```rust,ignore
fn duplicate<T>(a: T) -> (T, T)
where
T: Clone,
{
(a.clone(), a.clone())
}
```
* It declutters the function signature if you have many parameters.
* It has additional features making it more powerful.
* If someone asks, the extra feature is that the type on the left of ":" can be arbitrary, like `Option<T>`.
</details>