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Could you share what the problem you're having is? People in https://users.rust-lang.org/ https://users.rust-lang.org/ and https://reddit.com/r/rust https://re

Could you share what the problem you're having is? People in https://users.rust-lang.org/ https://users.rust-lang.org/ and https://reddit.com/r/rust https://reddit.com/r/rust are more than happy to help, and if I could peek at a repro case running in https://play.rust-lang.org/ https://play.rust-lang.org/ I could try to help you too (and potentially fix the diagnostic in the compiler). Also, depending on what the problem is, you might have an easier to understand error in newer versions of the compiler, which is why I recommend newcomers to use nightly and update often: not because they'll use advanced nightly-only features but because we merge diagnostics improvements aimed at newcomers every week. Also, don't get too discouraged. If you can avoid doing things that require advanced lifetime checking then you can gain enough experience with the rest of the language letting you focus only on that part of the language at a later time. Also, I can confidently tell you that at some point it clicks and you start anticipating things that can cause issues.

BlahGod420 6y ago
Thank you for your response. I did figure out the problem after I took the time to slowly and methodically understand what the compiler messages were saying - that being said I was looking for places to ask for help if another week went by and I was still stuck so your resources are in my favorites list now. As I wrote in another post, I came up with the solution while out walking around and it was like an "Ah Ha!" moment, I think things are finally starting to click a bit more. I purposefully chose to write a chat server/client because it lets me work through language features one at a time. There is some basic printing/reading of console input (though I did go full blown Cursive), some networking, threading, and lots of string manipulations. I am not sure when lifetimes will come in to play, but I have started reading about them and I try to think about the lifetimes of my objects when I write.

BlahGod420 6y ago

Thank you for your response. I did figure out the problem after I took the time to slowly and methodically understand what the compiler messages were saying - that being said I was looking for places to ask for help if another week went by and I was still stuck so your resources are in my favorites list now. As I wrote in another post, I came up with the solution while out walking around and it was like an "Ah Ha!" moment, I think things are finally starting to click a bit more. I purposefully chose to write a chat server/client because it lets me work through language features one at a time. There is some basic printing/reading of console input (though I did go full blown Cursive), some networking, threading, and lots of string manipulations. I am not sure when lifetimes will come in to play, but I have started reading about them and I try to think about the lifetimes of my objects when I write.