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Update documentation for doc_cfg feature #92818

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`#![feature(doc_cfg)]` feature gate. For more information, see [its chapter in the Unstable
Book][unstable-doc-cfg] and [its tracking issue][issue-doc-cfg].

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I think we should maybe put doc_auto_cfg in its own section (perhaps called #![feature(doc_auto_cfg)] or something like that). It's kind of a freestanding feature—i.e., you can use it without using doc_cfg.

Make sure to change "An extension to this feature" to "An extension to doc_cfg".

### `doc_auto_cfg`: Automatically generate `#[doc(cfg)]`

`doc_auto_cfg` is an extension to the `#[doc(cfg)]` feature. With it, you don't need to add
`#[doc(cfg(...)]` anymore unless you want to override the default behaviour. So if we take the
previous source code:

```rust
#![feature(doc_auto_cfg)]

/// Token struct that can only be used on Windows.
#[cfg(any(windows, doc))]
pub struct WindowsToken;

/// Token struct that can only be used on Unix.
#[cfg(any(unix, doc))]
pub struct UnixToken;

/// Token struct that is only available with the `serde` feature
#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
pub struct SerdeToken;
```

It'll render almost the same, the difference being that `doc` will also be displayed. To fix this,
you can use `doc_cfg_hide`:
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Not a comment about the docs, but shouldn't hiding doc be the default behavior?

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Once #92856 is merged, it'll be pretty easy to ignore it as well.


```rust
#![feature(doc_cfg_hide)]
#![doc(cfg_hide(doc))]
```

And `doc` won't show up anymore!

[cfg-doc]: ./advanced-features.md
[unstable-doc-cfg]: ../unstable-book/language-features/doc-cfg.html
[issue-doc-cfg]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/43781
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