TY  - SER
AU  - Breymann, Ulrich
TI  - Assignment and polymorphism
KW  - SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
KW  - METHODS
KW  - OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
KW  - LANGUAGE C++
N1  - Copy assignment of C++ objects of derived classes does not seem to be a trivial task for classes that need a special (i.e., not system-generated) copy constructor, destructor, and assignment operator. After discussing the meaning of copy assignment, I address polymorphic assignment and the corresponding type roles
ER  -