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The analyzer has detected an assignment operator that receives an object by a non-constant reference and returns that same object.
Consider the following example:
class C {
C& operator = (C& other) {
....
return other;
}
};Implementing an assignment operator in a way like that could lead to unexpected and unpleasant side effects. Suppose we write the following code:
(A = B)++;You should not really write the code like that, but just suppose we need it exactly that way. You would probably expect the following sequence of operations:
A = B;
A++;However, because of the incorrect assignment operator, the actual order will be this:
A = B;
B++;To avoid errors like that, pass the argument by a constant reference: code with such an implementation of the assignment operator would simply fail to compile.
Fixed code:
class C {
C& operator = (const C& other) {
....
return *this;
}
};Was this page helpful?
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