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   1 % `type` aliases
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   3 <small>There is a new edition of the book and this is an old link.</small>
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   5 > Rust provides the ability to declare a _type alias_ with the `type` keyword to give an existing type another name.
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   7 ```rust
   8 type Kilometers = i32;
   9 ```
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  13 Here are the relevant sections in the new and old books:
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  15 * **[In the second edition: Ch 19.04 — Advanced Types, section Type Synonyms][2]**
  16 * <small>[In the first edition: Ch 3.28 — `type` aliases][1]</small>
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  19 [1]: first-edition/type-aliases.html
  20 [2]: second-edition/ch19-04-advanced-types.html#type-aliases-create-type-synonyms
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