{ // Block scope
Foo fooVal = makeFoo(); // Say makeFoo() returns a (temporary, unnamed) Foo
// Here the temporary Foo is dead (fooVal is a copy).
// Foo &fooRef = makeFoo(); // Error, reference is non-const
Foo const &fooCRef = makeFoo(); // All good
// ...
// The second temporary is still alive
fooCRef.doSomethingFunny(); // Works like a charm !
} // The second temporary dies with fooRef
//------------------------------------------
Foo *fooPtr = new Foo; // Here is a Foo
Foo &fooRef = *fooPtr; // Here is an alias for that Foo
delete fooPtr; // Here is the end of that Foo's life
fooRef.doSomethingFunny(); // Here comes trouble...