Tag line – always catch by reference. [[moreEffC++]] has a chapter with this title.
- If you return a local object by reference, it will lead to run time error as the object would be wiped out from stack. Compiler is likely to give a warning.
- If you throw a local object and catch by reference up the call stack, it is actually considered best practice, because compiler always clones the local object and throws the clone.
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