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Clarify overlay annotation inheritance applies to nested declarations #21186

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Expand Up @@ -637,9 +637,10 @@ Entity discard predicates must be:
Annotation inheritance
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Overlay annotations can be applied to modules and types, in which case they are
inherited by enclosed declarations. Declarations without explicit overlay annotations
inherit from their innermost enclosing declaration that has an overlay annotation.
Overlay annotations can be applied to modules and types. When applied to these
declarations, the annotation is inherited by all nested declarations within them.
Declarations without explicit overlay annotations inherit from their innermost
enclosing declaration that has an overlay annotation.

.. code-block:: ql

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