Private items cannot be publicly re-exported. This error indicates that you attempted to `pub use` a type or value that was not itself public. Erroneous code example: ```compile_fail mod foo { const X: u32 = 1; } pub use foo::X; fn main() {} ``` The solution to this problem is to ensure that the items that you are re-exporting are themselves marked with `pub`: ``` mod foo { pub const X: u32 = 1; } pub use foo::X; fn main() {} ``` See the 'Use Declarations' section of the reference for more information on this topic: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference.html#use-declarations