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clean up E0204 explanation
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GuillaumeGomez committed Jan 19, 2020
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An attempt to implement the `Copy` trait for a struct failed because one of the
fields does not implement `Copy`. To fix this, you must implement `Copy` for the
mentioned field. Note that this may not be possible, as in the example of
The `Copy` trait was implemented on a type which contains a field that doesn't
implement the `Copy` trait.

Erroneous code example:

```compile_fail,E0204
struct Foo {
foo : Vec<u32>,
foo: Vec<u32>,
}
impl Copy for Foo { }
impl Copy for Foo { } // error!
```

This fails because `Vec<T>` does not implement `Copy` for any `T`.
The `Copy` trait is implemented by default only on primitive types. If your
type only contains primitive types, you'll be able to implement `Copy` on it.
Otherwise, it won't be possible.

Here's another example that will fail:

```compile_fail,E0204
#[derive(Copy)]
#[derive(Copy)] // error!
struct Foo<'a> {
ty: &'a mut bool,
}
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