diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 1b1352296..345257e62 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 Version 1.3.39 (in progress)
 ============================
 
+2008-02-12: wsfulton
+	    Remove unnecessary temporary variable when wrapping return values that are references. 
+	    Example of generated code for wrapping:
+
+	      struct XYZ {
+		std::string& refReturn();
+	      };
+
+	    used to be:
+
+              std::string *result = 0 ;
+              ...
+              {
+                std::string &_result_ref = (arg1)->refReturn();
+                result = (std::string *) &_result_ref;
+              }
+
+	     Now it is:
+
+              std::string *result = 0 ;
+              ...
+              result = (std::string *) &(arg1)->refReturn();
+
 2008-02-08: bhy
             Change the SIZE mapped by %pybuffer_mutable_binary and %pybuffer_binary in pybuffer.i from
             the length of the buffer to the number of items in the buffer.
diff --git a/Source/Swig/cwrap.c b/Source/Swig/cwrap.c
index 49d2c1e9b..3ed736f54 100644
--- a/Source/Swig/cwrap.c
+++ b/Source/Swig/cwrap.c
@@ -260,10 +260,9 @@ String *Swig_cresult(SwigType *t, const_String_or_char_ptr name, const_String_or
     break;
   case T_REFERENCE:
     {
-      String *str = SwigType_str(t, "_result_ref");
-      Printf(fcall, "{\n");
-      Printf(fcall, "%s = ", str);
-      Delete(str);
+      String *lstr = SwigType_lstr(t, 0);
+      Printf(fcall, "%s = (%s) &", name, lstr);
+      Delete(lstr);
     }
     break;
   case T_USER:
@@ -290,12 +289,6 @@ String *Swig_cresult(SwigType *t, const_String_or_char_ptr name, const_String_or
       Append(fcall, ";");
   }
 
-  if (SwigType_type(t) == T_REFERENCE) {
-    String *lstr = SwigType_lstr(t, 0);
-    Printf(fcall, "\n%s = (%s) &_result_ref;\n", name, lstr);
-    Append(fcall, "}");
-    Delete(lstr);
-  }
   return fcall;
 }