use std::convert::TryInto; fn take_array_from_mut(data: &mut [T], start: usize) -> &mut [T; N] { (&mut data[start .. start + N]).try_into().unwrap() } fn main() { let mut arr = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]; for i in 1 .. 4 { println!("{:?}", take_array_from_mut(&mut arr, i)); //~^ ERROR type annotations needed } }