Returning Pointers to Local Variables

...scope again...

• Recall: local variables disappear after invocation of a functions ends;
  
  
• Hence, returning a pointer to a local variable does not work!
  • ...points to ???
  
  
• Contrast Perl, Java(?), Python...all of which use a gargage-collection based system --- returning pointers to local variables is standard, does work!
  
  
• In short, it doesn't work!