error[E0010]: allocations are not allowed in constants --> $DIR/E0010-teach.rs:6:24 | LL | const CON : Box = box 0; | ^^^^^ allocation not allowed in constants | = note: The value of statics and constants must be known at compile time, and they live for the entire lifetime of a program. Creating a boxed value allocates memory on the heap at runtime, and therefore cannot be done at compile time. error: aborting due to previous error For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0010`.