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Some of the assignment overloading operator examples I see online look like this: #include <iostream> using namespace std; class Distance { private: int feet; // 0 to ...

iarray<T>& operator = (iarray<T>& v) Why the return type is iarray<T>& not iarray<T> ? UPDATE Can someone elaborate in great detail why iarray<T> const &...

I have written a class in C++ and have defined assignment operator function: cplusplus.com recommends following syntax. check operator= (const check& obj){*cstr = *(obj.cstr); return *this;} One ...

To pass user-defined datatypes into SystemC channels templates requires these datatypes to be defined as a class that implements also different kind of operators <<, =, ==. I need to define a ...

I am currently studying "Object-oriented design choices" by Dingle (2021), a required textbook for my Object-Oriented Design Class. While going through the chapter on "Move Semantics,&...

I've been brushing up on C++ in preparation for a class, and something that's stumped me is returning a reference vs. returning a value (also vs. returning a const reference, but that's not really ...

What is the copy-and-swap idiom and when should it be used? What problems does it solve? Does it change for C++11? Related: What are your favorite C++ Coding Style idioms: Copy-swap Copy constructor ...

I read about this from "Effective c++" ,this is Col.10. It say it's a good way to have assignment operators return a reference to *this. I wrote a code snippet to test this idea. I overridden the ...

I've seen many tutorials and tried to find the answer on stackoverflow but with no success. What I'm not sure of is; is there some praxis when to return by value or by reference, when overloading an ...

I went over making my own copy constructor and it overall makes sense to me. However, on the topic of doing your own assignment operator I need someone to fill in the blank for me. I pretty much don'...

I have a problem with my program in c++. I try to write copy constructor. Everything is good until I start copying elements from array from object that is applied as a reference. I can print every ...

I have written following class which has overloaded assignment operator. As shown in example everywhere I returned *this from assignment operator. class Sample { int *p; int q; public: ...

I am having trouble finding a way to enable the assignment operator to do multiple assignments. given that there is item A,B,C; for(int i=0; i<10; i++) C.AddHead(i); A = B = C; for a single ...