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Expand Up @@ -62,10 +62,7 @@ root, including through [paths] of public modules.

### Dispatch

Dispatch is the mechanism to determine which specific version of code is actually
run when it involves polymorphism. Two major forms of dispatch are static dispatch and
dynamic dispatch. While Rust favors static dispatch, it also supports dynamic dispatch
through a mechanism called ‘trait objects’.
Dispatch is the mechanism to determine which specific version of code is actually run when it involves polymorphism. Two major forms of dispatch are static dispatch and dynamic dispatch. Rust supports dynamic dispatch through the use of [trait objects][type.trait-object].

### Dynamically sized type

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