Re: Returning automatic pointers always bad?

pete said:

Richard wrote:
<snip>

His reasoning was correct enough if you dig into what he said :
"the pointer is assigned to another pointer which then continues
to point to valid memory". Implicit is "pointer value" when
mentioning assigning a "pointer" in this kind of chat.

No.

He's a troll. What did you expect from a troll - an accurate
response?

Please consider doing us all a favour, pete.

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