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Named and parametric lifetimes

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Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Review the tutorial section on borrowed references and the surrounding tutorial sequence before deciding where named and parametric lifetimes belong. Cover lifetime parameters in depth, then determine how lifetime elision rules fit; done when the tutorial ordering and scope are resolved and both topics are addressed.

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Should also cover lifetime elision. I prefer to cover lifetime params in depth before getting on to the elision rules.

Not sure about the ordering with this tut. On one hand I want it to come pretty soon after borrowed references. OTOH, covering some more of the basics first might actually be more useful, but then we get into tricky error messages and elision issues.

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