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		dbaupp on Sept 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust lifetimes: Getting away with things that woul... It is dynamic because it is not known if the destructor call is executed at compile time. I'm using the terminology from RFC PR #210 that I linked above.

TheLoneWolfling on Sept 22, 2014 [–]

Oh, ok.

On a related note, the approach I mentioned is actually mentioned in that RFC PR:

> Store drop-flags for fragments of state on stack out-of-band

dbaupp on Sept 22, 2014 | [–]

Yes, correct, that's what "dynamic destruction" is referring to.

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