error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/associated-const-impl-wrong-lifetime.rs:18:5 | 18 | const NAME: &'a str = "unit"; | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ lifetime mismatch | = note: expected type `&'static str` found type `&'a str` note: the lifetime 'a as defined on the impl at 17:1... --> $DIR/associated-const-impl-wrong-lifetime.rs:17:1 | 17 | / impl<'a> Foo for &'a () { 18 | | const NAME: &'a str = "unit"; 19 | | //~^ ERROR mismatched types [E0308] 20 | | } | |_^ = note: ...does not necessarily outlive the static lifetime error: aborting due to previous error