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I believe you can actually name the lifetime of a block, via the same mechanism that makes labeled breaks and continues possible.

• bluejekyll 8y ago
  Do you have an example of what you mean?
  • coolreader18 8y ago
    Like this: 'a: { let a_var: u32 = 42; let a_ref: &'a u32 = &a_var; } // ^^^^^ only valid in 'a: {}
    • gpm 8y ago
      That doesn't compile with "use of undeclared lifetime name `'a`"
      • steveklabnik 8y ago
        You can name loop labels like this, but you cannot use them to introduce actual lifetimes, that’s right.
• Retra 8y ago
  I think that was just a proposal that never got accepted? Never see it in real code either way.