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Is it possible to declare operator= private and have it synthesized by the compiler at the same time in C++

I am happy with the operator =, which is synthesized by the compiler automatically. But I want it to be private and do not want to bloat my code with page long definitions of the type

Foo& Foo::operator= (const Foo& foo)
{
    if (this == &foo)
        return *this;

    member1_    = foo.member1_;
    member2_    = foo.member2_;
    member3_    = foo.member2_;
    ...
    member1000_ = foo.member1000_;

    return *this;
}

Please, is there a way to do this?

Solution

  • In C++11 it is:

    class Foo
{
    Foo& operator=(const Foo& source) = default;
public:
    // ...
};

    Unfortunately, most compilers haven't implemented this part of the new standard yet.