Copying a C++ class with a member variable of reference type

Question

I\'ve a class which stores a reference to its parent, the reference is passed in the constructor. If I try to copy an instance I get an error \"error C2582: \'operator =\' f

Answer 1

I don't recommend this at all

but if you are really gung ho about doing this:

#include 

MyClass::MyClass(const MyClass &rhs): parent(rhs.parent)
{
}

MyClass &MyClass::operator=(const MyClass &rhs)
{
    if (this!=&rhs)
    {
        this->~MyClass();
        new (this) MyClass(rhs);
    }

    return *this;
}