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Rust errors / Ownership and borrowing

Rust compiler error · checked with rustc 1.99.0

Rust error E0712: thread-local variable borrowed past end of function

What it meansA borrow of a thread-local variable was made inside a function which outlived the lifetime of the function.

What rustc prints

error[E0712]: thread-local variable borrowed past end of function
  --> main.rs:7:13
   |
 7 |     let a = &FOO; // error: thread-local variable borrowed past end of function
   |             ^^^^ thread-local variables cannot be borrowed beyond the end of the function
...
12 | }
   | - end of enclosing function is here

Real 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.

E0712Ownership and borrowing
Activein rustc 1.99.0
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The compiler team's explanation

A borrow of a thread-local variable was made inside a function which outlived the lifetime of the function.

Erroneous code example:

#![feature(thread_local)]

#[thread_local]
static FOO: u8 = 3;

fn main() {
    let a = &FOO; // error: thread-local variable borrowed past end of function

    std::thread::spawn(move || {
        println!("{}", a);
    });
}

From rustc --explain E0712 (1.99.0), part of the Rust project, MIT or Apache-2.0. Official page.

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