pub enum Expr<'var, VAR> { Let(Box>, Box Fn(Expr<'v, VAR>) -> Expr<'v, VAR> + 'var>) } pub fn add<'var, VAR> (a: Expr<'var, VAR>, b: Expr<'var, VAR>) -> Expr<'var, VAR> { loop {} } pub fn let_<'var, VAR, F: for<'v> Fn(Expr<'v, VAR>) -> Expr<'v, VAR>> (a: Expr<'var, VAR>, b: F) -> Expr<'var, VAR> { loop {} } fn main() { let ex = |x| { //~ ERROR type annotations needed let_(add(x,x), |y| { let_(add(x, x), |x|x)})}; }