| A parameter type is missing a lifetime constraint or has a lifetime that | |
| does not live long enough. | |
| Erroneous code example: | |
| ```compile_fail,E0310 | |
| // This won't compile because T is not constrained to the static lifetime | |
| // the reference needs | |
| struct Foo<T> { | |
| foo: &'static T | |
| } | |
| ``` | |
| Type parameters in type definitions have lifetimes associated with them that | |
| represent how long the data stored within them is guaranteed to live. This | |
| lifetime must be as long as the data needs to be alive, and missing the | |
| constraint that denotes this will cause this error. | |
| This will compile, because it has the constraint on the type parameter: | |
| ``` | |
| struct Foo<T: 'static> { | |
| foo: &'static T | |
| } | |
| ``` |