How is this a most vexing parse?

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Rectangle s(origin()); is a vexing parse too. It declares a function s which returns rectangle, and takes as argument pointer to function returning origin. Not sure what you meant by “works fine”.

rectangle w( origin(), extents() ); declares a function w returning rectangle and taking arguments: pointer to function returning origin, and pointer to function returning extents.

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