c++_primer_exercise_130608

Exercise 13.6:

Overload operators are functions that have the name operator followed by the symbol for the operator being defined. Hence, the assignment operator is a function named operator=. 

Just as it does for the copy constructor, the compiler generates a synthesized copy-assignment operator for a class if the class does not define its own. 

Exercise 13.8

class Has_ptr
{
public:
	// default constructor
	Has_ptr(const std::string &s = std::string()) :
	  ps(new std::string(s)), i(0) { }
	// copy-assignment constructor
	Has_ptr(const Has_ptr &orig) :
	  ps(new std::string(*orig.ps)), i(orig.i) { }
	// assignment operator
	Has_ptr &operator=(const Has_ptr &rhs);
private:
	std::string *ps;
	int i;
};

Has_ptr &Has_ptr::operator=(const Has_ptr &rhs)
{
	ps = rhs.ps;
	i = rhs.i;
	return *this;
}