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Rust compiler error · checked with rustc 1.99.0

Rust error E0297: #### 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.

E0297Everything 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.

Patterns used to bind names must be irrefutable. That is, they must guarantee that a name will be extracted in all cases. Instead of pattern matching the loop variable, consider using a match or if let inside the loop body. For instance:

let xs : Vec<Option<i32>> = vec![Some(1), None];

// This fails because `None` is not covered.
for Some(x) in xs {
    // ...
}

Match inside the loop instead:

let xs : Vec<Option<i32>> = vec![Some(1), None];

for item in xs {
    match item {
        Some(x) => {},
        None => {},
    }
}

Or use if let:

let xs : Vec<Option<i32>> = vec![Some(1), None];

for item in xs {
    if let Some(x) = item {
        // ...
    }
}

From rustc --explain E0297 (1.99.0), part of the Rust project, MIT or Apache-2.0. Official page.

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