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diff --git a/src/doc/book/redirects/const-and-static.md b/src/doc/book/redirects/const-and-static.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b87bdd383 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/doc/book/redirects/const-and-static.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +% `const` and `static` + +<small>There is a new edition of the book and this is an old link.</small> + +> Constants are _always_ immutable, and may only be set to a constant expression, not the result of a function call or any other value that could only be computed at runtime. +> +> Global variables are called `static` in Rust. + +```rust +const MAX_POINTS: u32 = 100_000; +static HELLO_WORLD: &str = "Hello, world!"; +``` + +--- + +You can find the latest version about constants +[here](ch03-01-variables-and-mutability.html#constants), +and about statics +[here](ch19-01-unsafe-rust.html#accessing-or-modifying-a-mutable-static-variable). + + |