Evil samples of subtly broken C++ code

The most vexing parse is an amazingly counterintuitive result of the way C++ parses things like this:

// Declares a function called "myVector" that returns a std::vector<float>.
std::vector<float> myVector(); 
// Does NOT declare an instance of std::vector<float> called "myVector"

// Declares a function called "foo" that returns a Foo and accepts an unnamed
// parameter of type Bar.
Foo foo(Bar()); 
// Does NOT create an instance of Foo called "foo" nor creates a Bar temporary

// Declares a function called "myVector" that takes two parameters, the first named
// "str" and the second unnamed, both of type std::istream_iterator<int>.
std::vector<float> myVector( 
    std::istream_iterator<int>(str),
    std::istream_iterator<int>()
);
// Does NOT create an instance of `std::vector<float>` named "myVector" while copying
// in elements from a range of iterators

This will surprise just about anybody who is not familiar with this particular quirk of the language (myself included when I started learning C++).