Error code E0597

This error occurs because a value was dropped while it was still borrowed.

Erroneous code example:

#![allow(unused)] fn main() { struct Foo<'a> { x: Option<&'a u32>, } let mut x = Foo { x: None }; { let y = 0; x.x = Some(&y); // error: `y` does not live long enough } println!("{:?}", x.x); }

Here, y is dropped at the end of the inner scope, but it is borrowed by x until the println. To fix the previous example, just remove the scope so that y isn't dropped until after the println

#![allow(unused)] fn main() { struct Foo<'a> { x: Option<&'a u32>, } let mut x = Foo { x: None }; let y = 0; x.x = Some(&y); println!("{:?}", x.x); }