Why is it OK to return a ‘vector’ from a function?

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Pre C++11:

The function will not return the local variable, but rather a copy of it. Your compiler might however perform an optimization where no actual copy action is made.

See this question & answer for further details.

C++11:

The function will move the value. See this answer for further details.

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