type point = { x: int, y: int }; fn a() { let mut p = {x: 3, y: 4}; let _q = &p; //! NOTE loan of mutable local variable granted here // This assignment is illegal because the field x is not // inherently mutable; since `p` was made immutable, `p.x` is now // immutable. Otherwise the type of &_q.x (&int) would be wrong. p.x = 5; //! ERROR assigning to mutable field prohibited due to outstanding loan } fn b() { let mut p = {x: 3, mut y: 4}; let _q = &p; // This assignment is legal because `y` is inherently mutable (and // hence &_q.y is &mut int). p.y = 5; } fn c() { // this is sort of the opposite. We take a loan to the interior of `p` // and then try to overwrite `p` as a whole. let mut p = {x: 3, mut y: 4}; let _q = &p.y; //! NOTE loan of mutable local variable granted here p = {x: 5, mut y: 7};//! ERROR assigning to mutable local variable prohibited due to outstanding loan copy p; } fn d() { // just for completeness's sake, the easy case, where we take the // address of a subcomponent and then modify that subcomponent: let mut p = {x: 3, mut y: 4}; let _q = &p.y; //! NOTE loan of mutable field granted here p.y = 5; //! ERROR assigning to mutable field prohibited due to outstanding loan copy p; } fn main() { }