Re: reference lifetimes...

Here is my code:

#include <iostream>

struct foo
{
    foo()
    {
        std::cout << this
                  << "->foo::foo()"
                  << std::endl;
    }

    ~foo()
    {
        std::cout << this
                  << "->foo::~foo()"
                  << std::endl;
    }
};

struct foo_holder
{
    foo const& m_ref;
};

int main()
{
    {
        foo_holder fh = { foo() };
        std::cout << "okay" << std::endl;
    }

    std::cout << std::endl;

    {
        foo const& ref = foo();
        std::cout << "okay" << std::endl;
    }

    return 0;
}

Why does the const reference not properly maintain its
lifetime over the call to 'cout' when the reference is
contained within a POD 'foo_holder'?

I get the following output:

0x22ff50->foo::foo()
0x22ff50->foo::~foo()
okay

0x22ff50->foo::foo()
okay
0x22ff50->foo::~foo()

Something seems terribly wrong here... Is there anyway to
overcome this?