Code RoomReference to temporary returned
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Reference to temporary returned

Code reviewCode quality & reviewSenior–Staff~22 min

Review this C++ accessor that returns a reference to the largest config value.

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1const std::string& maxName(const std::map<int, std::string>& m) {
2 return m.empty() ? std::string{} : m.rbegin()->second;
3}
4 
5// caller:
6const std::string& n = maxName(cfg);
7use(n);
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