Rollup merge of #75049 - janriemer:patch-1, r=poliorcetics

docs(marker/copy): provide example for `&T` being `Copy`

### Edited 2020-08-16 (most recent)
In the current documentation about the `Copy` marker trait, there is a section
with examples of structs that can implement `Copy`. Currently there is no example for
showing that shared references (`&T`) are also `Copy`.
It is worth to have a dedicated example for `&T` being `Copy`, because shared
references are an integral part of the language and it being `Copy` is not as
intuitive as other types that share this behaviour like `i32` or `bool`.

The example picks up on the previous non-`Copy` struct and shows that
structs can be `Copy`, even when they hold a shared reference to a non-`Copy` type.

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### Edited 2020-08-02, 3:28 p.m.
I've just realized that it says "in addition to the **implementors listed below**", which makes this PR kind of "wrong", because `&T` is indeed in the "implementors listed below".
Maybe we can instead show an example with `&T` in the [When can my type be Copy](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/marker/trait.Copy.html#when-can-my-type-be-copy) section.

What I really want to achieve is that it becomes more obvious that `&T` is also `Copy`, because, I think, it is very valuable to know and it wasn't obvious for me, until I read something about it in a forum post.

What do you think? I would create another PR for that.
**Please feel free to close this PR.**

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### Original post
In the current documentation about the `Copy` marker trait, there is a section
about "additional implementors", which list additional implementors of the `Copy` trait.
The fact that shared references are also `Copy` is mixed with another point,
which makes it hard to recognize and make it seem not as important.

This clarifies the fact that shared references are also `Copy`, by mentioning it as a
separate item in the list of "additional implementors".
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@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ pub trait StructuralEq {
///
/// ```
/// # #[allow(dead_code)]
/// #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
/// struct Point {
/// x: i32,
/// y: i32,
@ -315,6 +316,20 @@ pub trait StructuralEq {
/// the trait `Copy` may not be implemented for this type; field `points` does not implement `Copy`
/// ```
///
/// Shared references (`&T`) are also `Copy`, so a type can be `Copy`, even when it holds
/// shared references of types `T` that are *not* `Copy`. Consider the following struct,
/// which can implement `Copy`, because it only holds a *shared reference* to our non-`Copy`
/// type `PointList` from above:
///
/// ```
/// # #![allow(dead_code)]
/// # struct PointList;
/// #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
/// struct PointListWrapper<'a> {
/// point_list_ref: &'a PointList,
/// }
/// ```
///
/// ## When *can't* my type be `Copy`?
///
/// Some types can't be copied safely. For example, copying `&mut T` would create an aliased