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   From: miles@gnu.org   
      
   Andrew  writes:   
   >> This is probably a compiler defect or some "extension mode" (Do you   
   >> use a Visual Studio compiler?). It seems that the compiler allows   
   >> binding a temporary to a reference to non-const, which is illegal   
   >> in standard C++.   
   >   
   > This is definately a compiler bug in VS 2005 (aka VC8). I am dual   
   > compiling on my project, VC8 and GCC and GCC was picking up many of   
   > these that VC8 was letting through. Furthermore, it is not an   
   > 'extension', it is just a bug.   
      
   Unfortunately, it probably also falls into the category of "bug we're   
   very reluctant to fix because it would break people's programs [for   
   those people who only ever use VS/VC]."   
      
   -Miles   
      
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