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+An invalid name was used for a lifetime parameter.
+
+Erroneous code example:
+
+```compile_fail,E0262
+// error, invalid lifetime parameter name `'static`
+fn foo<'static>(x: &'static str) { }
+```
+
+Declaring certain lifetime names in parameters is disallowed. For example,
+because the `'static` lifetime is a special built-in lifetime name denoting
+the lifetime of the entire program, this is an error: