error: lifetime may not live long enough --> $DIR/underscore-lifetime-elison-mismatch.rs:1:42 | LL | fn foo(x: &mut Vec<&'_ u8>, y: &'_ u8) { x.push(y); } | - - ^^^^^^^^^ argument requires that `'1` must outlive `'2` | | | | | let's call the lifetime of this reference `'1` | let's call the lifetime of this reference `'2` | = note: requirement occurs because of a mutable reference to `Vec<&u8>` = note: mutable references are invariant over their type parameter = help: see for more information about variance help: consider introducing a named lifetime parameter | LL - fn foo(x: &mut Vec<&'_ u8>, y: &'_ u8) { x.push(y); } LL + fn foo<'a>(x: &mut Vec<&'a u8>, y: &'a u8) { x.push(y); } | error: aborting due to 1 previous error