consistent wording

rust-lang · Aug 19, 2023 · db0eb2e · db0eb2e
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diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/const_ptr.rs
@@ -647,8 +647,8 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> *const T {
     /// such large allocations either.)
     ///
     /// The requirement for pointers to be derived from the same allocated object is primarily
-    /// needed for `const`-compatibility: at compile-time, pointers into *different* allocated
-    /// objects do not have a known distance to each other. However, the requirement also exists at
+    /// needed for `const`-compatibility: the distance between pointers into *different* allocated
+    /// objects is not known at compile-time. However, the requirement also exists at
     /// runtime and may be exploited by optimizations. If you wish to compute the difference between
     /// pointers that are not guaranteed to be from the same allocation, use `(self as
     /// usize).sub(origin as usize) / mem::size_of::<T>()`.

diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
@@ -819,8 +819,8 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> *mut T {
     /// such large allocations either.)
     ///
     /// The requirement for pointers to be derived from the same allocated object is primarily
-    /// needed for `const`-compatibility: at compile-time, pointers into *different* allocated
-    /// objects do not have a known distance to each other. However, the requirement also exists at
+    /// needed for `const`-compatibility: the distance between pointers into *different* allocated
+    /// objects is not known at compile-time. However, the requirement also exists at
     /// runtime and may be exploited by optimizations. If you wish to compute the difference between
     /// pointers that are not guaranteed to be from the same allocation, use `(self as
     /// usize).sub(origin as usize) / mem::size_of::<T>()`.