error[E0072]: recursive type `List` has infinite size
  --> $DIR/recursive-enum.rs:1:1
   |
LL | enum List<T> { Cons(T, List<T>), Nil }
   | ^^^^^^^^^^^^           ------- recursive without indirection
   | |
   | recursive type has infinite size
   |
help: insert some indirection to make `List` representable
   |
LL | enum List<T> { Cons(T, Box<List<T>>), Nil }
   |                        ^^^^       ^
LL | enum List<T> { Cons(T, Rc<List<T>>), Nil }
   |                        ^^^       ^
LL | enum List<T> { Cons(T, &List<T>), Nil }
   |                        ^

error: aborting due to previous error

For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0072`.