Re: operator= for a class with a const reference member
Victor Bazarov wrote:
Bart Simpson wrote:
I have a class that has a member that is a const reference:
class MyClass
{
public:
MyClass(const AnotherClass& ac);
MyClass(const MyClass& mc);
MyClass& operator= (const MyClass& mc);
private:
const AnotherClass &m_ref ;
};
How do I implement the assignment "constructor"?
MyClass& MyClass::operator= (const MyClass& mc)
{
m_ref = mc.m_ref ; //dosen't compile (obviously)
m_ref(mc.m_ref) ; //dosen't compile (obviously)
}
What you're trying to do here is to re-seat the reference. It is
impossible (without some dirty tricks). Once constructed, the object
cannot be assigned because it contains a reference. If you cannot do
without assigning to such objects, they shouldn't contain references
and instead should contain pointers.
Lol, that was actually the question I answered in the previous thread of
this poster. The funny thing is, I answered one hour before the actual
question was sent :)
Regards,
Zeppe
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