E0204trait

The trait `Copy` may not be implemented for this type

A field doesn't implement `Copy` — the whole struct can't either.

Repro

#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
struct User { id: u64, name: String }   // E0204: String is not Copy

Why

Copy requires every field to be Copy. String owns heap allocation and implements Drop, which is incompatible with Copy's "trivial bitwise duplication" semantics.

Fix

- Drop Copy. Keep Clone if duplication is needed: #[derive(Clone)]. - Replace heap-owned fields with Copy types: [u8; 32] instead of String, an enum tag instead of a Vec. - For numeric IDs, use a newtype: pub struct UserId(u64) is Copy. - For shared but cheap-to-clone string content, use Arc<str> and derive(Clone) only.

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