Rust error E0500: closure requires unique access to `*jon_snow` but it is already borrowed

The compiler team's explanation

A borrowed variable was used by a closure.

Erroneous code example:

fn you_know_nothing(jon_snow: &mut i32) {
    let nights_watch = &jon_snow;
    let starks = || {
        *jon_snow = 3; // error: closure requires unique access to `jon_snow`
                       //        but it is already borrowed
    };
    println!("{}", nights_watch);
}

In here, jon_snow is already borrowed by the nights_watch reference, so it cannot be borrowed by the starks closure at the same time. To fix this issue, you can create the closure after the borrow has ended:

fn you_know_nothing(jon_snow: &mut i32) {
    let nights_watch = &jon_snow;
    println!("{}", nights_watch);
    let starks = || {
        *jon_snow = 3;
    };
}

Or, if the type implements the Clone trait, you can clone it between closures:

fn you_know_nothing(jon_snow: &mut i32) {
    let mut jon_copy = jon_snow.clone();
    let starks = || {
        *jon_snow = 3;
    };
    println!("{}", jon_copy);
}

From rustc --explain E0500 (1.99.0), part of the Rust project, MIT or Apache-2.0. Official page.