error[E0261]: use of undeclared lifetime name `'a` --> $DIR/issue-67510.rs:5:21 | LL | fn f(x: Box = &'a ()>>) {} | ^^ undeclared lifetime | = note: for more information on higher-ranked polymorphism, visit https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/hrtb.html help: consider making the bound lifetime-generic with a new `'a` lifetime | LL | fn f(x: Box X = &'a ()>>) {} | +++++++ help: consider introducing lifetime `'a` here | LL | fn f<'a>(x: Box = &'a ()>>) {} | ++++ error[E0261]: use of undeclared lifetime name `'a` --> $DIR/issue-67510.rs:5:28 | LL | fn f(x: Box = &'a ()>>) {} | ^^ undeclared lifetime | help: consider making the bound lifetime-generic with a new `'a` lifetime | LL | fn f(x: Box X = &'a ()>>) {} | +++++++ help: consider introducing lifetime `'a` here | LL | fn f<'a>(x: Box = &'a ()>>) {} | ++++ error[E0038]: the trait `X` cannot be made into an object --> $DIR/issue-67510.rs:5:13 | LL | fn f(x: Box = &'a ()>>) {} | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ `X` cannot be made into an object | note: for a trait to be "object safe" it needs to allow building a vtable to allow the call to be resolvable dynamically; for more information visit --> $DIR/issue-67510.rs:2:10 | LL | trait X { | - this trait cannot be made into an object... LL | type Y<'a>; | ^ ...because it contains the generic associated type `Y` = help: consider moving `Y` to another trait error: aborting due to 3 previous errors Some errors have detailed explanations: E0038, E0261. For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0038`.