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1.99 beta crater regression: "expected item, found keyword let" #162349

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This regression was found by the 1.99 crater --release mode run.

[INFO] [stdout] failures:
[INFO] [stdout] 
[INFO] [stdout] ---- src/lib.rs - split_rand_vec_eq (line 43) stdout ----
[INFO] [stdout] error: expected item, found keyword `let`
[INFO] [stdout]   --> src/lib.rs:45:1
[INFO] [stdout]    |
[INFO] [stdout] 45 | let vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
[INFO] [stdout]    | ^^^
[INFO] [stdout]    | |
[INFO] [stdout]    | `let` cannot be used for global variables
[INFO] [stdout]    | help: consider using `static` or `const` instead of `let`
[INFO] [stdout]    |
[INFO] [stdout]    = note: for a full list of items that can appear in modules, see <https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/items.html>
[INFO] [stdout] 
[INFO] [stdout] error: aborting due to 1 previous error
[INFO] [stdout] 
[INFO] [stdout] Couldn't compile the test.
[INFO] [stdout] ---- src/lib.rs - split_rand_hashset_eq (line 72) stdout ----
[INFO] [stdout] error: expected item, found keyword `let`
[INFO] [stdout]   --> src/lib.rs:74:1
[INFO] [stdout]    |
[INFO] [stdout] 74 | let vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
[INFO] [stdout]    | ^^^
[INFO] [stdout]    | |
[INFO] [stdout]    | `let` cannot be used for global variables
[INFO] [stdout]    | help: consider using `static` or `const` instead of `let`
[INFO] [stdout]    |
[INFO] [stdout]    = note: for a full list of items that can appear in modules, see <https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/items.html>
[INFO] [stdout] 
[INFO] [stdout] error: aborting due to 1 previous error
[INFO] [stdout] 
[INFO] [stdout] Couldn't compile the test.
[INFO] [stdout] ---- src/lib.rs - split_rand_vec (line 20) stdout ----
[INFO] [stdout] error: expected item, found keyword `let`
[INFO] [stdout]   --> src/lib.rs:22:1
[INFO] [stdout]    |
[INFO] [stdout] 22 | let vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8];
[INFO] [stdout]    | ^^^
[INFO] [stdout]    | |
[INFO] [stdout]    | `let` cannot be used for global variables
[INFO] [stdout]    | help: consider using `static` or `const` instead of `let`
[INFO] [stdout]    |
[INFO] [stdout]    = note: for a full list of items that can appear in modules, see <https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/items.html>
[INFO] [stdout] 
[INFO] [stdout] error: aborting due to 1 previous error

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  3. kpreid commented on Sep 6, 2026

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    These 3 failing doctests all have last lines which are doc comments:

    ...
    /// assert!(chunked.iter().all(|chunk| chunk.len() <= 3));
    /// /// The elements in the chunks are randomized, so the order may vary.
    /// ```
    pub fn split_rand_vec<T: Clone>(vec: Vec<T>, chunk_size: usize) -> Vec<Vec<T>> {

    This doctest should not parse. So, if this test used to pass, it did so erroneously, perhaps by the doc comment attaching to some item appended to the doctest.

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