What are identifiers represented by single quotes (')?

[kazmi-0304]

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What is the significance of that apostrophe (')? Maybe it's a modifier of references (&)?
Generic typing specific to references?
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[karianne50m]

Hi mate, I think this document may be helpful for you.
https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ch10-03-lifetime-syntax.html#lifetime-annotation-syntax
This gave me also much help to me.

'Static lifetime' is a special lifetime that is the longest of all lifetimes: the lifetime of the program. A typical example is a string "literal" that is always available for the lifetime of the program/module.
Hope it would be helpful.

[kazmi-0304]

thanks bro