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Remove bottom from the reference #22130

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4 changes: 1 addition & 3 deletions src/doc/reference.md
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Expand Up @@ -1253,9 +1253,7 @@ fn my_err(s: &str) -> ! {
We call such functions "diverging" because they never return a value to the
caller. Every control path in a diverging function must end with a `panic!()` or
a call to another diverging function on every control path. The `!` annotation
does *not* denote a type. Rather, the result type of a diverging function is a
special type called ⊥ ("bottom") that unifies with any type. Rust has no
syntax for ⊥.
does *not* denote a type.

It might be necessary to declare a diverging function because as mentioned
previously, the typechecker checks that every control path in a function ends
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