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Clean up E0121 long explanation
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In order to be consistent with Rust's lack of global type inference,
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type and const placeholders are disallowed by design in item signatures.
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The type placeholder `_` was used withing a type on an item's signature.
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Examples of this error include:
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Erroneous code example:
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```compile_fail,E0121
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fn foo() -> _ { 5 } // error, explicitly write out the return type instead
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fn foo() -> _ { 5 } // error
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static BAR: _ = "test"; // error, explicitly write out the type instead
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static BAR: _ = "test"; // error
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```
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In those cases, you need to provide the type explicitly:
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```
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fn foo() -> i32 { 5 } // ok!
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static BAR: &str = "test"; // ok!
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```
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The type placeholder `_` can be used outside item's signature as follows:
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```
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let x = "a4a".split('4')
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.collect::<Vec<_>>(); // No need to precise the Vec's generic type.
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```

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