Error code E0262

An invalid name was used for a lifetime parameter.

Erroneous code example:

// error, invalid lifetime parameter name `'static`
fn foo<'static>(x: &'static str) { }

Declaring certain lifetime names in parameters is disallowed. For example, because the 'static lifetime is a special built-in lifetime name denoting the lifetime of the entire program, this is an error:

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