An inherent implementation was defined for a type outside the current crate. Erroneous code example: ```compile_fail,E0116 impl Vec { } // error ``` You can only define an inherent implementation for a type in the same crate where the type was defined. For example, an `impl` block as above is not allowed since `Vec` is defined in the standard library. To fix this problem, you can either: - define a trait that has the desired associated functions/types/constants and implement the trait for the type in question - define a new type wrapping the type and define an implementation on the new type Note that using the `type` keyword does not work here because `type` only introduces a type alias: ```compile_fail,E0116 type Bytes = Vec; impl Bytes { } // error, same as above ```