error[E0759]: `items` has an anonymous lifetime `'_` but it needs to satisfy a `'static` lifetime requirement --> $DIR/dyn-trait-underscore.rs:8:20 | LL | fn a(items: &[T]) -> Box> { | ---- this data with an anonymous lifetime `'_`... LL | // ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ bound *here* defaults to `'static` LL | Box::new(items.iter()) | ---------------^^^^--- ...is captured and required to live as long as `'static` here | help: to declare that the trait object captures data from argument `items`, you can add an explicit `'_` lifetime bound | LL | fn a(items: &[T]) -> Box + '_> { | ^^^^ error: aborting due to previous error For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0759`.