discard """ errormsg: "cannot borrow" nimout: '''tcannot_borrow.nim(16, 7) Error: cannot borrow meh; what it borrows from is potentially mutated tcannot_borrow.nim(17, 3) the mutation is here tcannot_borrow.nim(16, 7) is the statement that connected the mutation to the parameter''' line: 16 """ {.experimental: "views".} type Foo = object field: string proc dangerous(s: var seq[Foo]) = let meh: lent Foo = s[0] s.setLen 0 echo meh.field