Is static promotion allowing to return a ref to a new struct?

[goenrong]

Can someone please explain why returning a reference to a new struct from a fn is possible in this simple scenario? Is my assumption correct that static promotion is making this possible here (1414-rvalue_static_promotion - The Rust RFC Book)?

This is the working cargo run example:

main.rs:

struct BStruct {
    data: u32,
}
fn new_b_struct<'a>() -> &'a BStruct {
    &BStruct { data: 42 }
}
fn main() {
    let b_struct = new_b_struct();
    assert_eq!(b_struct.data, 42);
}

[jbe]

I think that &BStruct { data: 42 } is of type &'static BStruct. And &'a BStruct is a supertype of &'static struct.

Compare:

struct BStruct {
    data: u32,
}
fn new_b_struct() -> &'static BStruct {
    &BStruct { data: 42 }
}
fn main() {
    let b_struct = new_b_struct();
    assert_eq!(b_struct.data, 42);
}

(Playground)

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And yes, if I understand it correctly, then static promotion happens here:

    &BStruct { data: 42 }

[goenrong]

Thank you very much for your quick answer, confirmation and added remarks!