Odd "mismatched types" error message

[jruderman]

static DATA:&'static [&'static str] = ["my string"];
fn main() { }

The error message seems to confuse lifetime with size:

error: mismatched types:
    expected `&'static [&'static str]` 
    but found `[&'static str, .. 1]`
    ([] storage differs: expected &'static  but found 1)

Also note the extra space after &'static.

[alexcrichton]

Closing as working as intended

The right hand side has type [&'static str, ..1] which will normally coerce to a &'static [&'static str] in code, but in statics there is no coercion. The right hand side will have to be &["my string"] to work.

[jruderman]

The error message could use some improvement.

[ftxqxd]

The given test case now compiles. Can this be closed, or is there some other case where coercion doesn’t occur?

[alexcrichton]

Flagging as needstest