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[Rust] Confused About Lifetimes.rs
struct Test {
x: i32
};
let a;
{
let b = &Test { x: 42 }; // Temporary struct Test put on the stack
a = b;
} // Temporary Test dropped here?
println!("{}", a.x); // Temporary Test used here?
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aurexav commented Oct 29, 2019

Alice:
What happened here is the same that happens to a literal string. The constant is hard coded somewhere in the binary and the reference is a 'static reference that points into the executable.

More detail: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/confused-about-lifetimes/34000

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