On 09/20/2010 12:20 AM, Patrick Horgan wrote: > This gives a seg fault on the access to the model member of op, since at > that point the &op is 0. > > const > operand& op = (*top->operands).select(0, op.model); > > > Should this work? Can you refer on the right side of the assignment to > the const reference? You aren't asking the right question. It doesn't matter whether 'op' is a const reference, a regular pointer, or something else... if you reference it before it has been initialized, you will get undefined behavior. I'm actually surprised the compiler will even compile this, but I guess since C/C++ define that local variables are in scope in the entire block in which they are declared, this is allowed... even though it can't work properly. -- Kevin P. Fleming Digium, Inc. | Director of Software Technologies 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA skype: kpfleming | jabber: kfleming@xxxxxxxxxx Check us out at www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org