overloading assignment operator

[asdfkid]

template<class TYPE_NAME>
Array<TYPE_NAME> &Array<TYPE_NAME>::operator=( Array &rhs )
{
if (this == &rhs)
return *this;

delete this;
this->rhs;
return *this;
}

I'm trying to overload the = operator by deleting allocated memory, assigning the new value to the new memory and returning the new value. I'm getting a compiler error saying you can't assign a value to the this pointer. Is there an easy fix for this?

[writetonsharma]

you should not delete the this pointer, instead you should delete all the pointer variables in the class and recreate and reassign them with the new one..

Edit: deleting this pointer and then accessing it will cause your application to crash.

[asdfkid]

Got it working. Thanks.