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Well I think constructors are different than functions. We say that constructors even do not return void type therefore if the question is simply returning anything from constructor then the answer is simply a No

I guess the constructor itself does not return anything, we use constructor in conjunction the new keyword and therefore the object instance is returned , if constructor was meant to return something then we could have used it as a function call,its the "new" which creates and returns.

I will tell you, many people working in the industry believe that "constructor" does return reference to the object", but what I feel that neither it returns nor it requires to return. As per C++ semantics it help creation and initialization of objects through "invocation of constructor by *this object implicitly, thus data members that get initialized belongs to *this object.

As per C++ standards 12.1.12
"No return type (not even void) shall be specified for a constructor. A return statement in the body of a constructor shall not specify a return value. The address of a constructor shall not be taken."

If we put a return statement in a Ctor, it will return from that point. The code below prints only "first"

struct A
{
A()
{
cout<<"first\n";
return;
cout<<"second\n";
}
};

int main()
{
A a;
return 0;
}

No need to research more.... Constructors do not return anything.... That's cent percent correct.... :)

If they don't, then "new ABC()" will not return anything. But since it does, yes, constructors return a reference to the newly created object when called.