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* [This page in the first edition of the The Rust Programming Language][1]

* [Related section about `const` in the second edition of The Rust Programming Language][2]
* [Related section about `static` in the second edition of The Rust Programming Language][3]


[1]: first-edition/const-and-static.html
[2]: second-edition/ch03-01-variables-and-mutability.html#differences-between-variables-and-constants
[3]: second-edition/ch19-01-unsafe-rust.html#accessing-or-modifying-a-mutable-static-variable
