On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Gopi Krishna Komanduri
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[...]
> //=================================================== operator=
> Person& Person::operator=(const Person& p) {
> if (this != &p) { // make sure not same object
> delete [] _name; // Delete old name's memory. //
> why do I need to do this? cant I use the exisitng memory itself?
What if the currently assigned memory isn't big enough to hold the new data?
Why are you using arrays of char in C++ for strings anyway?
> _name = new char[strlen(p._name)+1]; // Get new space
> strcpy(_name, p._name); // Copy new name
> _id = p._id; // Copy id
> }
> return *this; // Return ref for multiple assignment
> }//end operator= Thx,--Gopi
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