C++ nesting function with pointer as return value

Question

I have a class containing a pointer

template<Foo> class Class{
    Foo * ptr;
public:
    //constructors, assignment
    Foo* view(){return ptr;}
}

and function taking Foo* as an argument

double fn(Foo*){ /*Implementation*/ }

Does the implementation

Class C;
fn(C.view());

cause the class member ptr to bee copied?

Answer 1

Yes, the pointer is passed by value, ie it's copied. Maybe twice, depending on optimizations. What it points to is not copied.