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Confusing error when defining constant #46336

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The following error results when attempting to create a constant from some non-constant function:

error[E0015]: calls in constants are limited to constant functions, struct and enum constructors

This may confuse rustaceans coming from languages where "constructors" are specially defined functions, since, in this case, it refers to Foo { field: Expression } rather than, say, Foo::new().

Better phrasing may be struct and enum literals?

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