rust/src/test/compile-fail/regions-variance-invariant-use-contravariant.rs

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// Test that an invariant region parameter used in a contravariant way
// yields an error.
//
// Note: see variance-regions-*.rs for the tests that check that the
// variance inference works in the first place.

struct Invariant<'a> {
    f: &'static mut &'a int
}

fn use_<'short,'long>(c: Invariant<'long>,
                      s: &'short int,
                      l: &'long int,
                      _where:Option<&'short &'long ()>) {

    // Test whether Invariant<'long> <: Invariant<'short>.  Since
    // 'short <= 'long, this would be true if the Invariant type were
    // contravariant with respect to its parameter 'a.

    let _: Invariant<'short> = c; //~ ERROR mismatched types
}

fn main() { }