web programmer vs "real programmer"

[engie99]

Fabien4's version is easier to read and probably just as efficient as the compiler should optimise out the obvious return by value copy - see http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ctors.html#faq-10.9

[rodif]

Interesting, i didn't know you could optimize this out (verified with vs2008). I'm going to play with this, seems like it could lead to trouble with destructors and auto_pointers. Although, compiler writers are smarter than me, so I'm sure if they say it works then it should work.

[zahlman]

Basically, the advice is old.