Thin pointers are "simple" pointers: they are purely a reference to a memory
address.
-Fat pointers are pointers referencing Dynamically Sized Types (also called DST).
-DST don't have a statically known size, therefore they can only exist behind
-some kind of pointers that contain additional information. Slices and trait
-objects are DSTs. In the case of slices, the additional information the fat
-pointer holds is their size.
+Fat pointers are pointers referencing Dynamically Sized Types (also called
+DSTs). DSTs don't have a statically known size, therefore they can only exist
+behind some kind of pointer that contains additional information. For example,
+slices and trait objects are DSTs. In the case of slices, the additional
+information the fat pointer holds is their size.
To fix this error, don't try to cast directly between thin and fat pointers.
-For more information about casts, take a look at the Type cast section in
-[The Reference Book][1].
+For more information about type casts, take a look at the section of the
+[The Rust Reference][1] on type cast expressions.
[1]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/expressions/operator-expr.html#type-cast-expressions