best way to return an std::string that local to a function

Question

In C++ what is the best way to return a function local std::string variable from the function?

std::string MyFunc()
{
    std::string mystring(\"test\");
    ret         


        

Answer 1

Have you tried it? The string is copied when it's returned. Well that's the official line, actually the copy is probably optimised away, but either way it's safe to use.