Improve include macro documentation

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/// Parses a file as an expression or an item according to the context.
///
/// The file is located relative to the current file (similarly to how
/// modules are found). The provided path is interpreted in a platform-specific
/// way at compile time. So, for instance, an invocation with a Windows path
/// containing backslashes `\` would not compile correctly on Unix.
/// <div class="example-wrap" style="display:inline-block">
/// <pre class="compile_fail" style="white-space:normal;font:inherit;">
///
/// Using this macro is often a bad idea, because if the file is
/// parsed as an expression, it is going to be placed in the
/// surrounding code unhygienically. This could result in variables
/// or functions being different from what the file expected if
/// there are variables or functions that have the same name in
/// the current file.
/// **Warning**: For multi-file Rust projects, the `include!` macro is probably not what you
/// are looking for. Usually, multi-file Rust projects use
/// [modules](https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/items/modules.html). Multi-file projects and
/// modules are explained in the Rust-by-Example book
/// [here](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/mod/split.html) and the module system is
/// explained in the Rust Book
/// [here](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch07-02-defining-modules-to-control-scope-and-privacy.html).
///
/// </pre>
/// </div>
///
/// If the included file is parsed as an expression, it is placed in the surrounding code
/// [unhygienically](https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/macros-by-example.html#hygiene). This
/// could result in variables or functions being different from what the file expected if there
/// are variables or functions that have the same name in the current file.
///
/// The included file is located relative to the current file (similarly to how modules are
/// found). The provided path is interpreted in a platform-specific way at compile time. So,
/// for instance, an invocation with a Windows path containing backslashes `\` would not
/// compile correctly on Unix.
///
/// # Uses
///
/// The `include!` macro is primarily used for two purposes. It is used to include
/// documentation that is written in a separate file and it is used to include [build artifacts
/// usually as a result from the `build.rs`
/// script](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/build-scripts.html#outputs-of-the-build-script).
///
/// When using the `include` macro to include stretches of documentation, remember that the
/// included file still needs to be a valid rust syntax. It is also possible to
/// use the [`include_str`] macro as `#![doc = include_str!("...")]` (at the module level) or
/// `#[doc = include_str!("...")]` (at the item level) to include documentation from a plain
/// text or markdown file.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// Assume there are two files in the same directory with the following
/// contents:
/// Assume there are two files in the same directory with the following contents:
///
/// File 'monkeys.in':
///