I hate our current lifetime elision rules, as do many people who have been using Rust for a while. There was an RFC (which was closed) to add some back. IMO,

I hate our current lifetime elision rules, as do many people who have been using Rust for a while. There was an RFC (which was closed) to add some back. IMO, the rules largely exist for the sake of making short examples look less threatening, rather than because they actually make Rust more usable.