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document type bound operators (#17063)

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* document type bound rountines
* address comments
* Update doc/manual.rst

Co-authored-by: Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>
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@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ Lifetime-tracking hooks
The memory management for Nim's standard ``string`` and ``seq`` types as
well as other standard collections is performed via so-called
"Lifetime-tracking hooks" or "type-bound operators". There are 3 different
hooks for each (generic or concrete) object type ``T`` (``T`` can also be a
"Lifetime-tracking hooks", which are particular `type bound operators <manual.html#procedures-type-bound-operators>`_.
There are 3 different hooks for each (generic or concrete) object type ``T`` (``T`` can also be a
``distinct`` type) that are called implicitly by the compiler.
(Note: The word "hook" here does not imply any kind of dynamic binding