Why does the compiler allow a function to return a value that is stored as a reference

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Published on 2010-04-12T18:54:36Z Indexed on 2010/04/12 19:03 UTC
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class Foo
{
   public:
      int _x;
};

Foo getFoo()
{
   Foo myfoo;
   myfoo._x = 10;
   return myfoo;
}


int _tmain()
{
   // should this line of code not be a compiler error?
   Foo& badfoo = getFoo();

   return 0;
}

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