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[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"result" is fine. That is the variable you will end up returning that you have to fill with stuff first.

"data" on the other hand…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I came here to say this.

Declare result in the first line of the function and return result is the last line. In C++, this is a big hint to the compiler that you want return value optimization to kick in.