Quote:The language extension never became part of the language, but the optimization itself has become nearly universal. It is called the name return value optimization.[...] (At the time of this writing, I am aware of only two compilers that do not provide the named return value optimization: the GNU compiler gcc and Visual C++.)
Just which universe did Stanley B. Lippman dwell in where you could exclude MSVC and gcc and still consider a C++ feature 'universal'?
Excuse me, I seem to have some delusion caught in my throat.