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Re: Named Return Value Extension Proposal

E. Robert Tisdale wrote:
> Not quite.  The function prototype is X g0(X);
> which means that the compiler creates a temporary
> for argument X when X g0(X) is called
> then the copy constructor is called to initialize
> the return value for g0(X) before entering
> the body of the function.

Uh huh, and just why are you declaring your function as X g0(X) anyway? 
You would be much better off declaring it as X g0(const X&), which will
prevent the creation of a temporary (this is exacty what const& was
designed for, AIUI).  const & is your (and the compiler's) friend.

Bill
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