Re: Returning a Struct from a Function

Stefan Ram wrote:
> =?UTF-8?B?RXJpayBXaWtzdHLDtm0=?= <Erik-wikstrom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>>> inline TwoFields ReturnMyFields(int myInt) {
>>>> TwoFields myReturnStruct; [...]
>>>> return myReturnStruct;
>> const TwoFields & f = ReturnMyFields(v);
>
>  How long will the object created with »TwoFields myReturnStruct;«
> live?
>
>  I used to believe that its lifetime would end not later than the
>  evaluation of the full expression »ReturnMyFields(v)« or even
>  when the control is leaving the block containing its declaration.

And what changed your mind? <g>

Actually, the tem****ary returned from the function, the object to
which 'f' is made to refer by means of initializing it, will live
as long as 'f' itself.  That's one of the exceptions the the rule
for the "normal" lifetime of a tem****ary (end of the expression).

V
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