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r: 228726
b: refs/heads/try
c: 5d31dee
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

Author: Manishearth

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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 refs/heads/master: aca2057ed5fb7af3f8905b2bc01f72fa001c35c8
 refs/heads/snap-stage3: 1af31d4974e33027a68126fa5a5a3c2c6491824f
-refs/heads/try: 688a09910a01800bfa031892540f29bb0c3b4095
+refs/heads/try: 5d31deeae43e8f3803604f837649bbaeb625e726
 refs/tags/release-0.1: 1f5c5126e96c79d22cb7862f75304136e204f105
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branches/try/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs

@@ -306,6 +306,28 @@ const FOO: i32 = { const X : i32 = 0; X };
 ```
 "##,
 
+E0017: r##"
+References in statics and constants may only refer to immutable values. Example:
+
+```
+static X: i32 = 1;
+const C: i32 = 2;
+
+// these three are not allowed:
+const CR: &'static mut i32 = &mut C;
+static STATIC_REF: &'static mut i32 = &mut X;
+static CONST_REF: &'static mut i32 = &mut C;
+```
+
+Statics are shared everywhere, and if they refer to mutable data one might
+violate memory safety since holding multiple mutable references to shared data
+is not allowed.
+
+If you really want global mutable state, try using a global `UnsafeCell` or
+`static mut`.
+
+"##,
+
 E0018: r##"
 The value of static and const variables must be known at compile time. You
 can't cast a pointer as an integer because we can't know what value the
@@ -1255,7 +1277,6 @@ contain references (with a maximum lifetime of `'a`).
 
 register_diagnostics! {
     // E0006 // merged with E0005
-    E0017,
     E0022,
     E0038,
 //  E0134,