An assignment operator was used on a non-place expression. Erroneous code examples: ```compile_fail,E0070 struct SomeStruct { x: i32, y: i32, } const SOME_CONST: i32 = 12; fn some_other_func() {} fn some_function() { SOME_CONST = 14; // error: a constant value cannot be changed! 1 = 3; // error: 1 isn't a valid place! some_other_func() = 4; // error: we cannot assign value to a function! SomeStruct::x = 12; // error: SomeStruct a structure name but it is used // like a variable! } ``` The left-hand side of an assignment operator must be a place expression. A place expression represents a memory location and can be a variable (with optional namespacing), a dereference, an indexing expression or a field reference. More details can be found in the [Expressions] section of the Reference. [Expressions]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/expressions.html#places-rvalues-and-temporaries And now let's give working examples: ``` struct SomeStruct { x: i32, y: i32, } let mut s = SomeStruct { x: 0, y: 0 }; s.x = 3; // that's good ! // ... fn some_func(x: &mut i32) { *x = 12; // that's good ! } ```