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Rustdoc: "Show type declaration" is misleading on traits #50347

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If we visit a page such as: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/convert/trait.From.html
we will see "Show type declaration" when folding of the declaration is done.
However, From is a trait and not a type, so the documentation is potentially misleading or confusing.

I propose two alternatives to address this problem:

  1. Remove "type" and only say "Show declaration"; This removes information when you actually land on the documentation of a type.

  2. Say "Show trait declaration" instead when it is a trait.

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