Merge pull request #298 from ssbr/patch-1

Document lifetime elision for fn types, Fn*, impl
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Manish Goregaokar 3 years ago committed by GitHub
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Lifetime positions can appear as either "input" or "output":
* For `fn` definitions, input refers to the types of the formal arguments
in the `fn` definition, while output refers to
* For `fn` definitions, `fn` types, and the traits `Fn`, `FnMut`, and `FnOnce`,
input refers to the types of the formal arguments, while output refers to
result types. So `fn foo(s: &str) -> (&str, &str)` has elided one lifetime in
input position and two lifetimes in output position.
Note that the input positions of a `fn` method definition do not
include the lifetimes that occur in the method's `impl` header
(nor lifetimes that occur in the trait header, for a default method).
* In the future, it should be possible to elide `impl` headers in the same manner.
input position and two lifetimes in output position. Note that the input
positions of a `fn` method definition do not include the lifetimes that occur
in the method's `impl` header (nor lifetimes that occur in the trait header,
for a default method).
* For `impl` headers, all types are input. So `impl Trait<&T> for Struct<&T>`
has elided two lifetimes in input position, while `impl Struct<&T>` has elided
one.
Elision rules are as follows:

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