Hi John,
The style that you indicated...
Foo ReturnAFoo()
{
Foo foo;
return foo;
}
void DoSomething()
{
Foo const& foo = ReturnAFoo();
foo.AreYouStillHere(); // Yep, still here.
}
...is good.
The temporary returned by ReturnAFoo in DoSomething is bound to the
reference.
It won't be destructed until the reference goes out of scope. Really.
I use that style often.
(Although I can't cite chapter+verse of ISO 14882.)
HTH,
--Eljay
