diff --git a/CppCoreGuidelines.md b/CppCoreGuidelines.md index 1394206..86a6948 100644 --- a/CppCoreGuidelines.md +++ b/CppCoreGuidelines.md @@ -2649,10 +2649,6 @@ Note that pervasive use of `shared_ptr` has a cost (atomic operations on the `sh That's what pointers are good for. Returning a `T*` to transfer ownership is a misuse. -##### Note - -Do not return a pointer to something that is not in the caller's scope. - ##### Example Node* find(Node* t, const string& s) // find s in a binary tree of Nodes @@ -2670,6 +2666,10 @@ Importantly, that does not imply a transfer of ownership of the pointed-to objec Positions can also be transferred by iterators, indices, and references. +##### Note + +Do not return a pointer to something that is not in the caller's scope; see [F.43](#Rf-dangle). + ##### Example, bad int* f()