How do I store a reference to a static lifetimed reference inside a GC'ed value?

[glyh]

My use case is basically storing a constant &str inside a GC'ed tagged enum(which is also recursive).

I've read through the example but I didn't find something like this. I would appreciate it if you can provide some examples, thank you!

[glyh]

For now attempting this directly with rust lifetime params I got a "lifetime should be at least as long as 'static" error.

[kyren]

Generally you can't mix other non-'static lifetimes than 'gc into gc-arena, but it sorta depends. Am I understanding things correctly that you want to keep around a &'a &'static str or a &'a mut &'static str, and not just a &'static str?

[glyh]

I want to keep around a 'static inside a 'gc, I guess RefCell is the way to go?

I need this just for &static str, though. I guess for this case I can also use a &String?

[kyren]

You can keep around a &'static T inside the arena, there is no need for RefCell at all are you maybe missing a #[collect(require_static)] on the field? no never mind, this should work by default, &'static T always implements Collect so you shouldn't even need that.

If you can give me an example that doesn't compile I can probably provide more specific help.

[glyh]

This might be the way to go, I'll take a look at this. Thank you!

[kyren]

Ah, I may have told you incorrectly if you didn't see my edit, I'm sorry!

If you can't figure it out, feel free to follow up. If you can show me what error you're seeing and a code sample I can help.