Store return value of function in reference C++

Question

Is it valid to store the return value of an object in a reference?

class A { ... };
A myFunction()
{
    A myObject;
    return myObject;
} //myObject goes o         


        

Answer 1

It is not allowed to bind the temporary to a non-const reference, but if you make your reference const you will extend the lifetime of the temporary to the reference, see this Danny Kalev post about it.

In short:

const A& mySecondObject = myFunction();