I'm surprized to see that fn main() { let i = 23; let x: &i32 = &i; let y: &i32 = &x; // <-- what kind of magic is happening here?! println!("Hello, world! {} {}", x, y); } actually compiles. I would have expected the compiler to complain about initializing a &i32 with a &&i32. Is…

Why does this compile? Automatic dereferencing?

sinistersnare July 21, 2015, 6:18pm 2

Might have to do with coercions.

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