GCC compile problem ...

John Love-Jensen eljay@adobe.com
Mon Sep 30 04:49:00 GMT 2002


Hi Sebastian,

> I think, that this is not true. If you assign a temporary object to a constant
> reference, the object will survive until the reference is destroyed.

Thanks Sebastian, I stand corrected!  A const-reference has lifespan beyond
the full expression.

q.v. Stroustrup's C++PL 3rd ed, section 10.4.10

Sincerely,
--Eljay

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