I'd like to have struct members that know their parent. This is approximately what I'm trying to do:
struct Parent<'me> {
children: Vec<Child<'me>>,
}
struct Child<'me> {
parent: &'me Parent<'me>,
i: i32,
}
fn main() {
let mut p = Parent { children: vec![] };
let c1 = Child { parent: &p, i: 1 };
p.children.push(c1);
}
I tried to appease the compiler with lifetimes without completely understanding what I was doing.
Here's the error message I'm stuck on:
error[E0502]: cannot borrow `p.children` as mutable because `p` is also borrowed as immutable
--> src/main.rs:13:5
|
12 | let c1 = Child { parent: &p, i: 1 };
| - immutable borrow occurs here
13 | p.children.push(c1);
| ^^^^^^^^^^ mutable borrow occurs here
14 | }
| - immutable borrow ends here
That makes some sense, but I'm not at all sure where to go from here.