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Another approach to the excessive-reclamation problem is to convert the parameter from a call-by-value parameter to a call-by-reference parameter. Then, no copy is made; no copy memory is reclaimed; and the destructor is never called:

Memory reserved for                      Memory reserved for r, 
railroad_car argument                    the railroad_car parameter 
 |                                        | 
 |  *-------------------------------------* 
 v  v 
*-----* 
|     | 
|-----| 
|     | 
|-----| 
|     | ----* 
|-----|     | 
|     |     | 
|           | 
            v 
           *---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---* 
           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
           *---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*