Joe Buck wrote: > > I have knocked up a simple program that demonstrates this problem. > > I have compiled this same program using Visual C++ (windows) and > > it compiles & runs as I would have expected. > Then you should send a bug report to Microsoft. If the compiler > accepts an attempt to bind a non-const reference to a temporary, > this is a serious error in the compiler. It's a documented extension. The example does raise a level 4 warning http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vccore/html/C4239.asp and won't compile if you turn off extensions with flag '/Za'. Rup.
