// Various unsuccessful attempts to put the unboxed closure kind // inference into an awkward position that might require fixed point // iteration (basically where inferring the kind of a closure `c` // would require knowing the kind of `c`). I currently believe this is // impossible. fn a() { // This case of recursion wouldn't even require fixed-point // iteration, but it still doesn't work. The weird structure with // the `Option` is to avoid giving any useful hints about the `Fn` // kind via the expected type. let mut factorial: Option u32>> = None; let f = |x: u32| -> u32 { let g = factorial.as_ref().unwrap(); //~^ ERROR `factorial` does not live long enough if x == 0 {1} else {x * g(x-1)} }; factorial = Some(Box::new(f)); //~^ ERROR cannot assign to `factorial` because it is borrowed } fn b() { let mut factorial: Option u32 + 'static>> = None; let f = |x: u32| -> u32 { let g = factorial.as_ref().unwrap(); //~^ ERROR `factorial` does not live long enough if x == 0 {1} else {x * g(x-1)} }; factorial = Some(Box::new(f)); //~^ ERROR cannot assign to `factorial` because it is borrowed } fn main() { }