copy ctor not called

[Eljay Love-Jensen]

Hi Jeroen,

>To me this says, that I -fno-elide-constructors should be the default behavior. Which it isn't (at least for gcc 3.3.4).

Due to the design and evolution of C++, your expectation that "-fno-elide-constructors should be the default behavior" is not the case.

I can understand where a person would expect that to be the situation.

However, C++ standard has the elide "optimization" be the default behavior for proper C++, and the -fno-elide-constructors is a non-compliant pessimization.

Moreso, you've touched up the (surprising?) requirement for the copy constructor to be public.

These C++ anachronisms are due in large part to the design and evolution of C++.  They are legacy warts.

Sincerely,
--Eljay