E0620 - Error codes index
Description: Book listing all Rust error codes

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# Error code E0620

A cast to an unsized type was attempted.

Erroneous code example:

    #![allow(unused)]
    fn main() {
    let x = &[1_usize, 2] as [usize]; // error: cast to unsized type: `&[usize; 2]`
                                      //        as `[usize]`
    }

In Rust, some types don't have a known size at compile-time. For example, in a slice type like `[u32]`, the number of elements is not known at compile-time and hence the overall size cannot be computed. As a result, such types can only be manipulated through a reference (e.g., `&T` or `&mut T`) or other pointer-type (e.g., `Box` or `Rc`). Try casting to a reference instead:

    #![allow(unused)]
    fn main() {
    let x = &[1_usize, 2] as &[usize]; // ok!
    }