I have a class with protected constructor:

class B {
protected:
    B(){};
};

Now I derive from it and define two static functions and I manage to actually create objects of the class B, but not on the heap:

class A : public B {
public:
    static B createOnStack() {return B();}
    //static B* createOnHeap() {return new B;} //Compile time Error on VS2010
};

B b = A::createOnStack(); //This works on VS2010!

The question is: 1) Is VS2010 wrong in allowing the first case? 2) Is it possible to create objects of B without modifying B in any way (no friendship and no extra functions). I am asking, because it is possible to make something similar when dealing with instances of B and its member functions, see: http://accu.org/index.php/journals/296

Thank you in advance for any suggestion!

Kind regards