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Improve wording around drop #2350

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Expand Up @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ provide an implementation for the `Drop` trait on any type, and the code you
specify can be used to release resources like files or network connections.
We’re introducing `Drop` in the context of smart pointers because the
functionality of the `Drop` trait is almost always used when implementing a
smart pointer. For example, `Box<T>` customizes `Drop` to deallocate the space
smart pointer. For example, when a `Box<T>` is dropped it will deallocate the space
on the heap that the box points to.

In some languages, the programmer must call code to free memory or resources
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