Question

Let’s say I have class with N members. Most member are copyable. Only one member needs manual copying code.

Is there method to write copy assignment operator in such a way that I write code only for nonstandard member, and letting compiler generate copying code for all/other members ?

Answer 1

Yes, of course, wrap your member in a separate class with a user-defined copy-constructor. And for the class you are talking about, write no user-defined copy constructor.

E.g.

class MyMemWrapper
{
   define copy constructor
};

class MyClass
{
   member 1;
   member 2;
   ...
   MyMemWrapper
};