Temporary lifetimes can lead to annoying errors, particularly around block tail expressions
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The rules for how long a temporary live often result in confusing errors and wind up requiring a let to be introduced. It would be nice to find ways to adjust temporary lifetimes to avoid these problems. The purpose of this RFC issue is primarily to collect examples of such errors.
cc @pnkfelix @eddyb @Kimundi
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- Tech stack
- rust
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- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 25/100