Understanding Lifetimes in Rust | Ownership Series

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In this lesson, we uncover one of Rust’s most powerful (and often misunderstood) features: lifetimes. Lifetimes tell the compiler how long references are valid, ensuring that you never use data after it’s gone. You’ll learn: What lifetimes are and why they exist How they relate to ownership and borrowing The meaning of 'a and other lifetime annotations Common lifetime errors and how to fix them Why lifetimes make dangling references impossible Rust’s lifetime system might look intimidating at first, but it’s really about making memory safety explicit and predictable — without runtime overhead. #Rust #RustLang #Ownership #Borrowing #Lifetimes #MemorySafety #SystemsProgramming #education #injectflow #ai #programming #coding