From 72beb1f88501c6324d6f337e28541f1e84e40833 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:31:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Extra note about struct matching order

Fixes #19178
---
 src/doc/guide.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/doc/guide.md b/src/doc/guide.md
index 418f82c996957..8f2aea0de54d7 100644
--- a/src/doc/guide.md
+++ b/src/doc/guide.md
@@ -3991,6 +3991,22 @@ match origin {
 }
 ```
 
+You can do this kind of match on any member, not just the first:
+
+```{rust}
+# #![allow(non_shorthand_field_patterns)]
+struct Point {
+    x: int,
+    y: int,
+}
+
+let origin = Point { x: 0i, y: 0i };
+
+match origin {
+    Point { y: y, .. } => println!("y is {}", y),
+}
+```
+
 Whew! That's a lot of different ways to match things, and they can all be
 mixed and matched, depending on what you're doing: