namespace; include rt; // a borrows clause on a prototype and its definition: freeing the other argument keeps the result. char* first(char* a, char* b) borrows a; fn main() { char* t = rt.new(4); t[0] = 'x'; t[1] = 0; char* u = rt.new(4); u[0] = 'y'; u[1] = 0; let r = first(t, u); rt.free(u); rt.put_c(r[0]); rt.free(t); return 0; } char* first(char* a, char* b) borrows a { return a; }