Hi Jeroen, >To me this says, that I -fno-elide-constructors should be the default behavior. Which it isn't (at least for gcc 3.3.4). Due to the design and evolution of C++, your expectation that "-fno-elide-constructors should be the default behavior" is not the case. I can understand where a person would expect that to be the situation. However, C++ standard has the elide "optimization" be the default behavior for proper C++, and the -fno-elide-constructors is a non-compliant pessimization. Moreso, you've touched up the (surprising?) requirement for the copy constructor to be public. These C++ anachronisms are due in large part to the design and evolution of C++. They are legacy warts. Sincerely, --Eljay
