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Talk about failpoints

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Issue type
Documentation
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Mostly clear
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Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
documentation

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Start with the testing section and review the fail crate documentation at https://docs.rs/fail/latest/fail/. Explain failpoints and relevant alternatives as a discussion rather than a recommendation, and make clear when they may be useful.

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Talk about failpoints (and alternatives) in the testing section. Probably should reference the fail crate (https://docs.rs/fail/latest/fail/). I'm not actually sure failpoints are always the best solution, so this should be a discussion rather than a recommendation, but they are sometimes useful and are definitely doing something which is necessary

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