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docs: Remove statement that dep features are optional #15408

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Expand Up @@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ explaining the format of the entry.
// https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/specifying-dependencies.html.
"req": "^0.6",
// Array of features (as strings) enabled for this dependency.
// May be omitted since Cargo 1.84.
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The doc might be a bit ambiguous. By looking at #14838 and #14839, this omitting means, if empty then you can omit this.

If a package has a features, then the field cannot be omitted.

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Could you = give a concrete example of the failing case, and the step to produce?

"features": ["i128_support"],
// Boolean of whether or not this is an optional dependency.
// Since Cargo 1.84, defaults to `false` if not specified.
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