Macros to disallow class copy and assignment. Google -vs- Qt

Question

To disallow copying or assigning a class it\'s common practice to make the copy constructor and assignment operator private. Both Google and Qt have macros to make this eas

Answer 1

Both serve the same purpose

Once you write this one:

Class &operator=(const Class &);

you will get the benefits of chain assignments. But in this case you want the assignment operator to be private. so it doesn't matter.