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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/doc/trpl/references-and-borrowing.md
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Expand Up @@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ We can’t modify `v` because it’s borrowed by the loop.

### use after free

References must live as long as the resource they refer to. Rust will check the
scopes of your references to ensure that this is true.
References must not live longer than the resource they refer to. Rust will
check the scopes of your references to ensure that this is true.

If Rust didn’t check this property, we could accidentally use a reference
which was invalid. For example:
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