Bug 455 - Copy assignment operators without check against self-assignment
Summary: Copy assignment operators without check against self-assignment
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: AspectC++
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Parser-Puma (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Assignee: Matthias
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Reported: 2011-10-31 10:40 CET by Markus Elfring
Modified: 2011-10-31 10:40 CET (History)
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Description Markus Elfring 2011-10-31 10:40:42 CET 
I have found a few source files for classes which contain custom copy assignment
operators.

Examples:
- List.cc
- MatchName.cc
- PointCut.cc

I wonder why checks against self-assignment were omitted.

https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/cplusplus/MEM42-CPP.+Ensure+that+copy+assignment+operators+do+not+damage+an+object+that+is+copied+to+itself
http://dietmar-kuehl.de/mirror/c++-faq/assignment-operators.html#faq-12.3