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Clarify that Cow::into_owned returns owned data #94022

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions library/alloc/src/borrow.rs
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Expand Up @@ -292,8 +292,7 @@ impl<B: ?Sized + ToOwned> Cow<'_, B> {
///
/// # Examples
///
/// Calling `into_owned` on a `Cow::Borrowed` clones the underlying data
/// and becomes a `Cow::Owned`:
/// Calling `into_owned` on a `Cow::Borrowed` returns a clone of the borrowed data:
///
/// ```
/// use std::borrow::Cow;
Expand All @@ -307,7 +306,8 @@ impl<B: ?Sized + ToOwned> Cow<'_, B> {
/// );
/// ```
///
/// Calling `into_owned` on a `Cow::Owned` is a no-op:
/// Calling `into_owned` on a `Cow::Owned` returns the owned data. The data is moved out of the
/// `Cow` without being cloned.
///
/// ```
/// use std::borrow::Cow;
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