#### Note: this error code is no longer emitted by the compiler. A trait object has some specific lifetime `'1`, but it was used in a way that requires it to have a `'static` lifetime. Example of erroneous code: ```compile_fail trait BooleanLike {} trait Person {} impl BooleanLike for bool {} impl dyn Person { fn is_cool(&self) -> bool { // hey you, you're pretty cool true } } fn get_is_cool<'p>(person: &'p dyn Person) -> impl BooleanLike { // error: `person` has an anonymous lifetime `'p` but calling // `print_cool_fn` introduces an implicit `'static` lifetime // requirement person.is_cool() } ``` The trait object `person` in the function `get_is_cool`, while already being behind a reference with lifetime `'p`, also has it's own implicit lifetime, `'2`. Lifetime `'2` represents the data the trait object might hold inside, for example: ``` trait MyTrait {} struct MyStruct<'a>(&'a i32); impl<'a> MyTrait for MyStruct<'a> {} ``` With this scenario, if a trait object of `dyn MyTrait + '2` was made from `MyStruct<'a>`, `'a` must live as long, if not longer than `'2`. This allows the trait object's internal data to be accessed safely from any trait methods. This rule also goes for any lifetime any struct made into a trait object may have. In the implementation for `dyn Person`, the `'2` lifetime representing the internal data was omitted, meaning that the compiler inferred the lifetime `'static`. As a result, the implementation's `is_cool` is inferred by the compiler to look like this: ``` # trait Person {} # # impl dyn Person { fn is_cool<'a>(self: &'a (dyn Person + 'static)) -> bool {unimplemented!()} # } ``` While the `get_is_cool` function is inferred to look like this: ``` # trait Person {} # trait BooleanLike {} # fn get_is_cool<'p, R: BooleanLike>(person: &'p (dyn Person + 'p)) -> R { unimplemented!() } ``` Which brings us to the core of the problem; the assignment of type `&'_ (dyn Person + '_)` to type `&'_ (dyn Person + 'static)` is impossible. Fixing it is as simple as being generic over lifetime `'2`, as to prevent the compiler from inferring it as `'static`: ``` # trait Person {} # impl<'d> dyn Person + 'd {/* ... */} // This works too, and is more elegant: //impl dyn Person + '_ {/* ... */} ``` See the [Rust Reference on Trait Object Lifetime Bounds][trait-objects] for more information on trait object lifetimes. [trait-object-lifetime-bounds]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/types/trait-object.html#trait-object-lifetime-bounds