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# Generics
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Generics is the topic of generalizing types and functionalities to broader cases.
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This is extremely useful for reducing code duplication in many ways, but can call for some rather involved syntax.
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Namely, being generic requires taking great care to specify over which types a generic type is actually considered valid.
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The simplest and most common use of generics is for type parameters.
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## Further information
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- [Generic Data Types](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ch10-01-syntax.html)
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- [Bounds](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/generics/bounds.html)
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