What is the difference between overloading the assignment operator and any other operator?

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I want to know if there is any difference between simple binary operator overloading and assignment operator overloading.

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asked May 20 '15 at 20:25

rocky

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Please fix your title and your shift key. – Borgleader May 20 '15 at 20:27
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4172722/what-is-the-rule-of-three I should have swung the dupe hammer in 1st place. – πάντα ῥεῖ May 20 '15 at 20:28
[operator overloading](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4421706/operator-overloading) – chris May 20 '15 at 20:30

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Here are two differences:

An overloaded assignment operator must be a member of the class being assigned to; it cannot be declared as a free function.
Copy and move assignment operators will be implicitly declared for your class if you do not declare them yourself (subject to certain restrictions).

answered May 20 '15 at 20:30

Brian Bi

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