Thread: Inheritance: assign base class to derived class

The thing is, it just looks like an assignment, but really, this line:

Code:

	Derived dT = d.transpose();

Is not an assignment, it's initialization. The above line is equivalent to

Code:

 Derived dT(d.transpose9));

This is the proper behavior, and is not dependent on your compiler.

Try the following:

Code:

int
main()
{
	Derived d;
	Derived dT = d.transpose();
	dT = d.Transpose();
}