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This post is auto-generated from RSS feed The Rust Programming Language Forum - Latest topics. Source: Can't the compiler copy a static reference?

fn f(a: &'static ()) -> impl Fn() {
    || g(a)
}

fn g(_: &'static ()) {}

The compiler requires me to write move here.
It's simple, but a little weird. Why can't the compiler copy a static reference?

It's even stranger when you realize that || g(&*a) also works

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