[Bug c++/12667] [3.3 regression] max(enum) returns reference to temporary

[gdr at integrable-solutions dot net]

------- Additional Comments From gdr at integrable-solutions dot net  2003-11-19 04:23 -------
Subject: Re:  [3.3 regression] max(enum) returns reference to temporary

"bangerth at dealii dot org" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

| The code in comment #3 is definitely wrong. You call 
|   max(E1,E2) 
| both E1 and E2 are names that when evaluated yield temporary variables. These 
| temporaries are then bound to the constant references in the args to max, and  
| you return a reference to a temporary from that function. The lifetime of the temporary 
| ends at the end of the call expression, 

No, the temporaries last until the end of the full expression.

-- Gaby


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