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Clarify size == stride #447

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Clarify size == stride
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remove references to stride as separate from element size
RalfJung Aug 23, 2023
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# Layout of Rust array types and slices

## Editor's Note

Issue #176 clarified that as of this writing, Rust does not distinguish between size and stride, ie
they are always equal.

## Layout of Rust array types

Array types, `[T; N]`, store `N` values of type `T` with a constant _stride_.
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