inherting copy assignment operator !!

[annu]

Hi ,

I have declared following two copy assginment operators in class A.

A& operator=(const A &);
A& operator=(B*);


I have a class B derived from class A.

my question is that will above two copy assignment operators will be inherited
in B or I must explicitly declare assigment operators in B also ??

[Naveen HM]

The operator= doesn’t inherit because it performs a
constructor-like activity. This function is synthesized by the
compiler if you don’t create it yourself.
One more thing, operator= is synthesized only for assigning objects of the same
type.
If you want to assign one type to another you must always write
that operator= yourself.
Naveen

annu wrote:

> Hi ,
>
> I have declared following two copy assginment operators in class A.
>
> A& operator=(const A &);
> A& operator=(B*);
>
> I have a class B derived from class A.
>
> my question is that will above two copy assignment operators will be inherited
> in B or I must explicitly declare assigment operators in B also ??