From 9f6299617572b044dc72bcb0b8a000962d89272e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eryn Wells <eryn@erynwells.me>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 14:23:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [bitboard] Return a copy of a BitBoard from BitBoard::ray()

---
 bitboard/src/bitboard.rs | 2 +-
 bitboard/src/library.rs  | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bitboard/src/bitboard.rs b/bitboard/src/bitboard.rs
index d025038..7dcc164 100644
--- a/bitboard/src/bitboard.rs
+++ b/bitboard/src/bitboard.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl BitBoard {
     }
 
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn ray(sq: Square, dir: Direction) -> &'static BitBoard {
+    pub fn ray(sq: Square, dir: Direction) -> BitBoard {
         library::library().ray(sq, dir)
     }
 
diff --git a/bitboard/src/library.rs b/bitboard/src/library.rs
index 419f6e2..177b6b7 100644
--- a/bitboard/src/library.rs
+++ b/bitboard/src/library.rs
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ impl MoveLibrary {
         ray
     }
 
-    pub(super) const fn ray(&self, sq: Square, dir: Direction) -> &BitBoard {
-        &self.rays[sq as usize][dir as usize]
+    pub(super) const fn ray(&self, sq: Square, dir: Direction) -> BitBoard {
+        self.rays[sq as usize][dir as usize]
     }
 
     pub(super) const fn pawn_pushes(&self, sq: Square, color: Color) -> BitBoard {