[C++-sig] Polymorphism and Dangling Reference exception

[David Abrahams]

David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> writes:

> "Garrick Chin" <nonexistent.ftp at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> ReferenceError: Attempt to return dangling reference to object of
>> type: class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class
>> std::allocator<char> >
>>
>> I do not understand why this would be thrown.  
>
> Me neither.  What is your compiler and platform, please?

FWIW, the enclosed works for me:

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