basics/stack5assign.hpp

The following code example is taken from the book
C++ Templates - The Complete Guide
by David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 2002
© Copyright David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis 2002


template <typename T>
 template <typename T2>
Stack<T>& Stack<T>::operator= (Stack<T2> const& op2)
{
    if ((void*)this == (void*)&op2) {    // assignment to itself?
        return *this;
    }

    Stack<T2> tmp(op2);              // create a copy of the assigned stack

    elems.clear();                   // remove existing elements
    while (!tmp.empty()) {           // copy all elements
        elems.push_front(tmp.top());
        tmp.pop();
    }
    return *this;
}