> -----Original Message----- > From: gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Andrew Haley > Sent: Dienstag, 3. Januar 2012 16:06 > To: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Questions before submitting a bug report > > On 01/03/2012 03:02 PM, Markus Henschel wrote: > > struct Foo * foo_instance() > > { > > static struct Foo foo; > > return &foo; > > } > > Uh, no. You can't return a reference to a local variable. > > Andrew. But it's a static variable. Its lifetime extends across the runtime of the whole program. I'm not 100% sure for C but at least in C++ this is a well known pattern for singletons.
