Expand further on <> syntax in TRPL. #27538
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We haven't discussed this syntax yet, so provide a basic explanation and link up to later chapters. Fixes rust-lang#26917
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| We use `<>` to declare our lifetimes. This says that `bar` has one lifetime, | ||
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This might be a bit deceptive -- a function can have many more lifetimes that aren't declared thanks to elision.
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From a technical perspective I each function can have multiple lifetime parameters, but from the perspective of just explaining syntax I think it's fine to assume that "lifetime parameter" is the same as "explicitly declared lifetime parameter". Elision kinda fits into the same system later on, so I don't think that we're going to confuse anyone from this.
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shrug monotonic improvement -- can always refine later if desired. On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Alex Crichton [email protected]
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We haven't discussed this syntax yet, so provide a basic explanation and link up to later chapters. Fixes rust-lang#26917
We haven't discussed this syntax yet, so provide a basic explanation
and link up to later chapters.
Fixes #26917