Rust errors / Ownership and borrowing
Rust compiler error · checked with rustc 1.99.0
Rust error E0262: invalid lifetime parameter name: `'static`
What it meansAn invalid name was used for a lifetime parameter.
What rustc prints
error[E0262]: invalid lifetime parameter name: `'static`
--> main.rs:2:8
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2 | fn foo<'static>(x: &'static str) { }
| ^^^^^^^ 'static is a reserved lifetime nameReal output of rustc 1.99.0 compiling the official example below (2021 edition). Your names and line numbers will differ; the first line is the part to match.
E0262Ownership and borrowing
Activein rustc 1.99.0
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The compiler team's explanation
An invalid name was used for a lifetime parameter.
Erroneous code example:
// error, invalid lifetime parameter name `'static`
fn foo<'static>(x: &'static str) { }Declaring certain lifetime names in parameters is disallowed. For example, because the 'static lifetime is a special built-in lifetime name denoting the lifetime of the entire program, this is an error:
From rustc --explain E0262 (1.99.0), part of the Rust project, MIT or Apache-2.0. Official page.
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