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Expand Up @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ r[layout.pointer.thin]
Pointers to sized types have the same size and alignment as `usize`.

r[layout.pointer.unsized]
Pointers to unsized types are sized. The size and alignment is guaranteed to be at least equal to the size and alignment of a pointer.
Pointers to unsized types are sized. The size and alignment of a pointer to an unsized type are guaranteed to be greater than or equal to the size and alignment of a pointer to a sized type.

> [!NOTE]
> Though you should not rely on this, all pointers to <abbr title="Dynamically Sized Types">DSTs</abbr> are currently twice the size of the size of `usize` and have the same alignment.
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