C++ best practice: Returning reference vs. object
<p>I'm trying to learn C++, and trying to understand returning objects.  I seem to see 2 ways of doing this, and need to understand what is the best practice.</p>

<p>Option 1:</p>

<pre><code>QList&lt;Weight *&gt; ret;
Weight *weight = new Weight(cname, "Weight");
ret.append(weight);
ret.append(c);
return &amp;ret;
</code></pre>

<p>Option 2:</p>

<pre><code>QList&lt;Weight *&gt; *ret = new QList();
Weight *weight = new Weight(cname, "Weight");
ret-&gt;append(weight);
ret-&gt;append(c);
return ret;
</code></pre>

<p>(of course, I may not understand this yet either).</p>

<p>Which way is considered best-practice, and should be followed?</p>

<p>TIA</p>

<p>Mike</p>
