foo.rs

    fn rmdir(&self) {
        let p = self.get_path().to_str();
        match suppressed_stat(|| self.stat()) {
            Some(s) => {
                match s.is_dir {
                    true => rmdir(self.get_path()),
                    false => {
                        let ioerr = IoError {
                            kind: MismatchedFileTypeForOperation,
                            desc: fmt!("%s is not a directory", p),
                            detail: None
                        };
                        io_error::cond.raise(ioerr);
                    }
                }
            },
            None =>
                io_error::cond.raise(IoError {
                    kind: PathDoesntExist,
                    desc: self.get_path().to_str() + ~" doesn't exist",
                    detail: None
                })
        }
    }

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/Users/jeff/src/rust/src/libstd/rt/io/file.rs:370:34: 370:67 error: borrowed value does not live long enough
/Users/jeff/src/rust/src/libstd/rt/io/file.rs:370                             desc: fmt!("%s is not a directory", p),
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