  We discuss an inclusive approach to the measurement of the e+e- --> pi+ pi-
cross--section by the radiative return method without photon tagging. The
essential part of this approach is the choice of rules for event selection
which provide rejection of events with 3 (or more) pions and decrease the
final--state radiation background. The radiative corrections to the
initial--state radiation process are computed for DAPhNE conditions, using the
quasi--real electron approximation for both, the cross--section and the
underlying kinematics. The two cases of restricted and unrestricted pion phase
space are considered. Some numerical calculations illustrate our analytical
results.
