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static lifetime

A reference that is valid for the whole run of the program, like a string literal.

'static is the lifetime of the entire program; &'static T refers to data that is never freed, while T: 'static means T holds no borrow shorter than that (owned data qualifies).

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Examples

  • let s: &'static str = "spring"; is fine because a literal is stored in the program itself and never freed.

See also

string literal lifetime bound static
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