Clarify metadata syntax in manual

Closes #1119
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Marijn Haverbeke 2011-11-03 10:59:42 +01:00
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@ -295,7 +295,12 @@ is used by the [built-in test framework](test.html)), a name followed
by `=` and then a literal (as in `#[license = "BSD"]`, which is a
valid way to annotate a Rust program as being released under a
BSD-style license), or a name followed by a comma-separated list of
nested attributes, as in the `cfg` example above.
nested attributes, as in the `cfg` example above, or in this
[crate](mod.html) metadata declaration:
#[link(name = "std",
vers = "0.1",
url = "http://rust-lang.org/src/std")];
An attribute without a semicolon following it applies to the
definition that follows it. When terminated with a semicolon, it