I've seen gcc turn a const bool& into a direct pass of a bool by value. Of course, I noticed this because it was the implementation of a web service binding, an

I've seen gcc turn a const bool& into a direct pass of a bool by value. Of course, I noticed this because it was the implementation of a web service binding, and the wrapper was going to pass me a bool& (as a pointer) whether I liked it or not. Instant segfault...but not always :(