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Cannot use moved BufReader after for loop with bufreader.lines()

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rust

traits

I'm trying to read some lines from a file, skipping the first few and printing the rest, but I keep getting errors about used value after move:

use std::fs::File;
use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, Read};
use std::path::Path;

fn skip_and_print_file(skip: &usize, path: &Path) {
    let mut skip: usize = *skip;

    if let Ok(file) = File::open(path) {
        let mut buffer = BufReader::new(file);
        for (index, line) in buffer.lines().enumerate() {
            if index >= skip {
                break;
            }
        }
        print_to_stdout(&mut buffer);
    }
}

fn print_to_stdout(mut input: &mut Read) {
    let mut stdout = io::stdout();
    io::copy(&mut input, &mut stdout);
}

fn main() {}

This is the error I'm getting:

error[E0382]: use of moved value: `buffer`
  --> src/main.rs:15:30
   |
10 |         for (index, line) in buffer.lines().enumerate() {
   |                              ------ value moved here
...
15 |         print_to_stdout(&mut buffer);
   |                              ^^^^^^ value used here after move
   |
   = note: move occurs because `buffer` has type `std::io::BufReader<std::fs::File>`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
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awesomefireduck Avatar asked Oct 08 '16 17:10

awesomefireduck


1 Answers

In order to avoid the move, use the Read::by_ref() method. That way, you only borrow the BufReader:

for (index, line) in buffer.by_ref().lines().enumerate() { ... }
//                         ^^^^^^^^^
// you can still use `buffer` here
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Lukas Kalbertodt Avatar answered Sep 24 '22 06:09

Lukas Kalbertodt