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feat: add lifetimes exercises
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# Lifetimes
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Lifetimes tell the compiler how to check whether references live long
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enough to be valid in any given situation. For example lifetimes say
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"make sure parameter 'a' lives as long as parameter 'b' so that the return
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value is valid".
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They are only necessary on borrows, i.e. references,
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since copied parameters or moves are owned in their scope and cannot
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be referenced outside. Lifetimes mean that calling code of e.g. functions
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can be checked to make sure their arguments are valid. Lifetimes are
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restrictive of their callers.
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## Further information
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- [Validating References with Lifetimes](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch10-03-lifetime-syntax.html)
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- [Lifetimes (in Rust By Example)](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rust-by-example/scope/lifetime.html)
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// lifetimes1.rs
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//
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// The Rust compiler needs to know how to check whether supplied references are
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// valid, so that it can let the programmer know if a reference is at risk
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// of going out of scope before it is used. Remember, references are borrows
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// and do not own their own data. What if their owner goes out of scope?
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//
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// Execute `rustlings hint lifetimes1` or use the `hint` watch subcommand for a hint.
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// I AM NOT DONE
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fn longest(x: &str, y: &str) -> &str {
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if x.len() > y.len() {
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x
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} else {
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y
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}
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}
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fn main() {
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let string1 = String::from("abcd");
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let string2 = "xyz";
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let result = longest(string1.as_str(), string2);
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println!("The longest string is {}", result);
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}
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// lifetimes2.rs
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//
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// So if the compiler is just validating the references passed
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// to the annotated parameters and the return type, what do
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// we need to change?
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//
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// Execute `rustlings hint lifetimes2` or use the `hint` watch subcommand for a hint.
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// I AM NOT DONE
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fn longest<'a>(x: &'a str, y: &'a str) -> &'a str {
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if x.len() > y.len() {
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x
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} else {
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y
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}
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}
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fn main() {
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let string1 = String::from("long string is long");
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let result;
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{
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let string2 = String::from("xyz");
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result = longest(string1.as_str(), string2.as_str());
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}
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println!("The longest string is {}", result);
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}
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// lifetimes3.rs
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//
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// Lifetimes are also needed when structs hold references.
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//
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// Execute `rustlings hint lifetimes3` or use the `hint` watch subcommand for a hint.
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// I AM NOT DONE
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struct Book {
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author: &str,
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title: &str,
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}
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fn main() {
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let name = String::from("Jill Smith");
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let title = String::from("Fish Flying");
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let book = Book { author: &name, title: &title };
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println!("{} by {}", book.title, book.author);
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}
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