error: lifetime may not live long enough --> $DIR/regions-free-region-ordering-callee.rs:13:5 | LL | fn ordering2<'a, 'b>(x: &'a &'b usize, y: &'a usize) -> &'b usize { | -- -- lifetime `'b` defined here | | | lifetime `'a` defined here LL | // However, it is not safe to assume that 'b <= 'a LL | &*y | ^^^ function was supposed to return data with lifetime `'b` but it is returning data with lifetime `'a` | = help: consider adding the following bound: `'a: 'b` error: lifetime may not live long enough --> $DIR/regions-free-region-ordering-callee.rs:19:12 | LL | fn ordering3<'a, 'b>(x: &'a usize, y: &'b usize) -> &'a &'b usize { | -- -- lifetime `'b` defined here | | | lifetime `'a` defined here LL | // Do not infer an ordering from the return value. LL | let z: &'b usize = &*x; | ^^^^^^^^^ type annotation requires that `'a` must outlive `'b` | = help: consider adding the following bound: `'a: 'b` error: aborting due to 2 previous errors