Compiler Warning (level 3) C4686
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user-defined type* ' : possible change in behavior, change in UDT return calling convention**
A class template specialization was not is defined before it was used in a return type. Anything that instantiates the class will resolve C4686; declaring an instance or accessing a member (C<int>::anything) are also options.
This warning is the result of work to make the Visual C++ .NET 2003 compiler conform to the ISO C++ standard.
This warning is off by default. See Compiler Warnings That Are Off by Default for more information.
Try the following instead,
// C4686.cpp
// compile with: /W3
#pragma warning (default : 4686)
template <class T>
class C;
template <class T>
C<T> f(T);
template <class T>
class C {};
int main() {
f(1); // C4686
}
template <class T>
C<T> f(T) {
return C<int>();
}