David Martínez MartíJan 19, 2023

Dear #RustLang people: How would you explain lifetimes to someone that is new to #rust and #programming? Is there any material aimed to teach this in simple ways?

Edit: Outside of the Rust book. This is not for me, I am teaching Rust for others and looking for alternative ways of explaining.

Show threadhoodie
@deavid I think this page actually does a good job https://doc.rust-lang.org/beta/book/ch10-03-lifetime-syntax.html
Validating References with Lifetimes - The Rust Programming Language

Jan 19, 2023 at 10:36amWeb
Show threadDavid Martínez MartíJan 19, 2023
@hoodie the first thing that caught me on that page: they explain it after generics. Interesting.
Show threadhoodieJan 19, 2023
@deavid lifetimes are generics. other languages have a concept of "linear types". The mechanisms are basically the same