fn id(x: T) -> T { x } struct StateMachineIter<'a> { statefn: &'a StateMachineFunc<'a> } type StateMachineFunc<'a> = fn(&mut StateMachineIter<'a>) -> Option<&'static str>; impl<'a> Iterator for StateMachineIter<'a> { type Item = &'static str; fn next(&mut self) -> Option<&'static str> { return (*self.statefn)(self); } } fn state1(self_: &mut StateMachineIter) -> Option<&'static str> { self_.statefn = &id(state2 as StateMachineFunc); //~^ ERROR temporary value dropped while borrowed return Some("state1"); } fn state2(self_: &mut StateMachineIter) -> Option<(&'static str)> { self_.statefn = &id(state3 as StateMachineFunc); //~^ ERROR temporary value dropped while borrowed return Some("state2"); } fn state3(self_: &mut StateMachineIter) -> Option<(&'static str)> { self_.statefn = &id(finished as StateMachineFunc); //~^ ERROR temporary value dropped while borrowed return Some("state3"); } fn finished(_: &mut StateMachineIter) -> Option<(&'static str)> { return None; } fn state_iter() -> StateMachineIter<'static> { StateMachineIter { //~^ ERROR cannot return value referencing temporary value statefn: &id(state1 as StateMachineFunc) } } fn main() { let mut it = state_iter(); println!("{:?}",it.next()); println!("{:?}",it.next()); println!("{:?}",it.next()); println!("{:?}",it.next()); println!("{:?}",it.next()); }