Try passing by reference instead of value. Then use dissassembly window to see what the compiler used. Unless your code creats temporary stack values your code should work quite well. Back in the old days withBorland C++ you could define a struct with a null constructor that produced absolutely no code for the constructor. MS C++ for some odd reason inserted a call to an empty subroutine that did nothing but return (what a crock). As for Intel C++ I do not know what it doesas I do not have it. Give it a try and see what happens.
Jim Dempsey
