return shared_ptr<int>(); works with VC6.0 but elicits the [AFAICT] uninformative <emsg>parse error before `;'</emsg> from gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110). Drat! "Duane Murphy" <duanemurphy@mac To: "Boost Users" <Boost-Users@yahoogroups.com> .com> cc: Subject: RE: [Boost-Users] NRVO (was Re: "Correct" way to return empty shared_ptr?) 04/24/2003 09:40 AM Please respond to Boost-Users --- At Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:56:40 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: <snip> shared_ptr<int> maybe_get_a_pointer() { return shared_ptr<int>(); } is perfectly reasonable and can also be optimized. Is there more recent and complete discussion concerning this optimization? Is naming actually required? ...Duane Info: <http://www.boost.org> Wiki: <http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl> Unsubscribe: <mailto:boost-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/