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Reducing code duplication between operator= and the copy constructor

Asked 2009-09-25T12:57:32.400
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I have a class that requires a non-default copy constructor and assignment operator (it contains lists of pointers). Is there any general way to reduce the code duplication between the copy constructor and the assignment operator?

c++ dry copy-constructor assignment-operator
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My &My::operator = (My temp)  // thanks, sellibitze
{
    swap (*this, temp);
    return *this;
}

and implement a specialised std::swap<> (My &, My &).

answered 2009-09-25T13:05:04.553

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