enum { SIZE = 10 };
 
struct Foo { /* some fields */ };
 
extern Foo global_array[SIZE]; // initialized elsewhere
 
struct Proxy
{
  Foo* pointer_;
 
  Proxy(Foo *pointer): pointer_(pointer) { }
};
 
struct ProxyPOD
{
  Foo* pointer_;
};
 
Proxy get_first_element_as_pointee()
{ 
  return &global_array[0];
}
 
ProxyPOD get_first_element_as_pointee2()
{ 
  ProxyPOD proxy = { &global_array[0] };
  return proxy;
}
 
int main()
{
  return 0;
}
 
// else where:
 
Foo global_array[SIZE];

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