unjustified warning when returning reference thru conditional expression

[Ulrich Lauther]

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Source Code (test2.C):

class Foo {
	int  a;
	int* b;

public:
	const int& a_or_b1(bool which) const {
		return which ? a : *b;
	}
	const int& a_or_b2(bool which) const {
		if (which) return a; else return *b;
	}
};

void test() {
	Foo foo;
	int x = foo.a_or_b1(true);
	int y = foo.a_or_b2(true);
}

compile-statement: gcc -c test2.C


test2.C: In member function `const int& Foo::a_or_b1(bool) const':
test2.C:7: warning: returning reference to temporary


The warning is believed to be unjustified, as there is no need to create a
temporary.

Kind regards,
-- 
	-lauther

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