Resource lifetime

Key question

How do I control data ownership and handle failures in a compiled program?

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Find an example, an application and a limit. Explain the concept without using its name, then compare your explanation with a primary source.

Claims to examine

• Making ownership and recoverable failure explicit helps a caller understand how a small program uses data and handles expected errors.

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Follow a learning route

• How do I control data ownership and handle failures in a compiled program?

  Learn ownership, borrowing and explicit errors through a small Rust file tool.

Reading connections

• The Rust Programming Language: What Is Ownership?

  Steve Klabnik · Carol Nichols · Chris Krycho

• The Rust Programming Language: References and Borrowing

  Steve Klabnik · Carol Nichols · Chris Krycho

• The Rust Programming Language: The Slice Type

  Steve Klabnik · Carol Nichols · Chris Krycho

• Rust standard library: str

  Rust contributors

• The Rust Programming Language: Recoverable Errors with Result

  Steve Klabnik · Carol Nichols · Chris Krycho

• The Rust Programming Language: The match Control Flow Construct

  Steve Klabnik · Carol Nichols · Chris Krycho

• The Rust Programming Language: Accepting Command Line Arguments

  Steve Klabnik · Carol Nichols · Chris Krycho

• The Rust Programming Language: Reading a File

  Steve Klabnik · Carol Nichols · Chris Krycho