Answer: Why can't I assign one dereference of a reference of a reference to another when the outer lifetimes differ?

answer re: Why can't I assign one dereference of a reference of a reference to another when the outer lifetimes differ?

Apr 13 '20

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You cannot dereference a &'b mut &'c mut u32 and get a &'c mut u32 because:

• &mut references are not trivially copiable, so you can't copy the &'c mut u32; and
• You cannot move out of a reference, so you also can't move the &'c mut u32 (which would…

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