Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hplsla!jima From: jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: More Questions on operator= Message-ID: <6590128@hplsla.HP.COM> Date: 19 May 89 19:40:16 GMT References: <925@ethz.UUCP> Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA Lines: 5 As per Marti's example, I don't understand why the language forces redefinition of op= when a derived class doesn't have any new members? Can anyone explain the logic in this?