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The error I get from the compiler is "The left hand side of an assignment must be a variable". My use case is deep copying, but is not really relevant. In C++, one can assign to *this . The question is not how to circumvent assignment to this . It's very simple, but rather what rationale is there behind the decision not to make this a variable. Are the reasons technical or conceptual? My guess so far - the possibility of rebuilding an Object in a random method is error-prone (conceptual), but technically possible. Please restrain from variations of "because java specs say so". I would like to know the reason for the decision.
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