Return slice of struct from function

[GeertVL]

I am stuck with either my objects are owned or my struct is owned.
I have the following code:

    struct Person {

    }

    fn scan_persons<'a>() -> &'a [Person] {
        let mut v: Vec<Person> = Vec::new();
        let t = Person {}; <-- owned by function. what do I do?
        v.push(t);

        v.as_slice()  <-- fails here
    }

[RustyYato]

Return the Vec<Person> instead of the slice

[GeertVL]

Still the owned by the function problem.

[Cerber-Ursi]

Seems to work fine, so the issue must be somewhere outside of provided code.

[kornel]

Slices (all borrows in general) are temporary views of data that has to have a more permanent storage somewhere else.

You can't borrow a temporary local variable and run away with a reference to it. The storage will be destroyed before the end of the function, so the view into that storage can't be returned beyond that function.

[ExpHP]

To expand on the misconception here:

let t = Person {}; <-- owned by function. what do I do?
v.push(t);

Once you perform v.push(t), t is no longer owned by the function. It has been moved into the Vec.

Therefore, you should encounter no issue returning the Vec.

[L0uisc]

You can remove the lifetime parameter, since it isn't used.