Re: g++ 2.5.2 does not catch reference to local variable error.

Hi, On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Miles Bader wrote: > Jonathan Wakely writes: >>> "g++ -Wall -Wextra ..." should flag a warning on the following code >>> but does not. >> >> Thanks for the apology, but it should still be reported to bugzilla >> not to this list. I was hoping someone could su

g++ 2.5.2 does not catch reference to local variable error.

Hi, "g++ -Wall -Wextra ..." should flag a warning on the following code but does not. std::pair get_XYZ_data() { XYZ result; return std::pair(1, result); } This is a violation of Scott Meyer's "Effective C++" Item 21 "Don't try to return a reference when you must return an object." GCC