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dangling reference

A reference to something that no longer exists.

A dangling reference points to memory that has been freed; safe Rust rejects any code that could create one.

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Examples

  • fn make() -> &String { let s = String::from("hi"); &s } does not compile (E0106); returning the String itself fixes it.

See also

lifetime use after free borrow checker
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