Re: [Boost-users] Is it possible to make a classassignable withrefmembers

From: John Femiani (JOHN.FEMIANI_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-19 16:44:24

Steven Watanabe wrot: 
> John Femiani wrote:
> > I wonder if you can use placement new
> > and make the assignment operator for your class invoke a copy 
> > constructor?
> >   
> 
> Don't do that.  It is impossible to make such an assignment 
> operator exception safe if the copy constructor can throw.
> 

I thought it would be a risky maneuver :) 
Perhaps the answer for Max is "it may be possible, but its probably not
wise"

-- 
John