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Rust compiler error · checked with rustc 1.99.0

Rust error E0088: #### Note: this error code is no longer emitted by the compiler

What it means#### Note: this error code is no longer emitted by the compiler.

Retired: rustc no longer emits this error code. You may still see it in old answers, books and CI logs from older toolchains; the explanation below is kept for reference.

E0088Everything else
Retiredin rustc 1.99.0
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The compiler team's explanation

Note: this error code is no longer emitted by the compiler.

You gave too many lifetime arguments. Erroneous code example:

fn f() {}

fn main() {
    f::<'static>() // error: wrong number of lifetime arguments:
                   //        expected 0, found 1
}

Please check you give the right number of lifetime arguments. Example:

fn f() {}

fn main() {
    f() // ok!
}

It's also important to note that the Rust compiler can generally determine the lifetime by itself. Example:

struct Foo {
    value: String
}

impl Foo {
    // it can be written like this
    fn get_value<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str { &self.value }
    // but the compiler works fine with this too:
    fn without_lifetime(&self) -> &str { &self.value }
}

fn main() {
    let f = Foo { value: "hello".to_owned() };

    println!("{}", f.get_value());
    println!("{}", f.without_lifetime());
}

From rustc --explain E0088 (1.99.0), part of the Rust project, MIT or Apache-2.0. Official page.

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