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+/*
+    AltaModa Technologies, LLC
+
+    struct-ownership example
+ */
+
+// This structure contains an 64-bit integer. The entire struct can be stored on the stack.
+struct NoHeapElements {
+    val: i64,
+}
+
+
+// Rust offers `str` which can be on the stack and `String` which is allocated on the heap. Think of 
+//  Rust's `str` as a fixed length char array, and `String` as a dynamically sized char array.
+// This structure contains a String which is allocated on the heap. An instance of this struct may be
+//   on the stack and `desc` is a reference to the heap-allocated String.
+struct AllHeapElements {
+    desc: String,
+}
+
+
+fn main () {
+
+    // A struct that does not use the heap
+    let n = NoHeapElements { val: 74 };
+    println!("\nThe variable `n` is type NoHeapElements");
+    println!("`n` and elements of NoHeapElements are on the stack");
+    println!("n.val: {}", n.val);
+
+    let a = AllHeapElements {
+        desc: "String (not str) is always on the heap".to_string(),
+    };
+    println!("\nThe variable `a` is type AllHeapElements");
+    println!("`a` is on the stack; elements of AllHeapElements are on the heap");
+    println!("a.desc = {}", a.desc);
+
+    // This code fails to compile because `a2` has taken ownership of
+    //  the struct reference from `a`. Rust refers to this as
+    //  ownership _moving_ from `a` to `a2`. Uncommenting these lines
+    //  see the "borrow after move" error on compilation.
+    // let a2 = a;
+    // println!("a.desc = {}", a.desc);
+
+    println!();
+}
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