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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
 
struct A
{
    std::string s;
 
    A() : s("test") {}
 
    A(const A& o) : s(o.s) { std::cout << "move failed!\n"; }
 
    A(A&& o) : s(std::move(o.s)) {}
 
    A& operator=(const A& other)
    {
         s = other.s;
         std::cout << "copy assigned\n";
         return *this;
    }
 
    A& operator=(A&& other)
    {
         s = std::move(other.s);
         std::cout << "move assigned\n";
         return *this;
    }
};
 
A f(A a) { return a; }
 
struct B : A
{
    std::string s2; 
    int n;
    // implicit move assignment operator B& B::operator=(B&&)
    // calls A's move assignment operator
    // calls s2's move assignment operator
    // and makes a bitwise copy of n
};
 
struct C : B
{
    ~C() {} // destructor prevents implicit move assignment
};
 
struct D : B
{
    D() {}
    ~D() {} // destructor would prevent implicit move assignment
    D& operator=(D&&) = default; // force a move assignment anyway 
};
 
int main()
{
    A a1, a2;
    std::cout << "Trying to move-assign A from rvalue temporary\n";
    a1 = f(A()); // move-assignment from rvalue temporary
    std::cout << "Trying to move-assign A from xvalue\n";
    a2 = std::move(a1); // move-assignment from xvalue
 
    std::cout << "\nTrying to move-assign B\n";
    B b1, b2;
    std::cout << "Before move, b1.s = \"" << b1.s << "\"\n";
    b2 = std::move(b1); // calls implicit move assignment
    std::cout << "After move, b1.s = \"" << b1.s << "\"\n";
 
    std::cout << "\nTrying to move-assign C\n";
    C c1, c2;
    c2 = std::move(c1); // calls the copy assignment operator
 
    std::cout << "\nTrying to move-assign D\n";
    D d1, d2;
    d2 = std::move(d1);
}

g++ -std=c++20 -pthread a.cpp -o a
./a

Trying to move-assign A from rvalue temporary
move assigned
Trying to move-assign A from xvalue
move assigned

Trying to move-assign B
Before move, b1.s = "test"
move assigned
After move, b1.s = ""

Trying to move-assign C
copy assigned

Trying to move-assign D
move assigned

#include <iostream>

struct V
{
    V& operator=(V&& other)
    {
        // this may be called once or twice
        // if called twice, 'other' is the just-moved-from V subobject
        std::cout << "move assigned\n";
        return *this;
    }
};
 
struct A : virtual V {}; // operator= calls V::operator=
struct B : virtual V {}; // operator= calls V::operator=
struct C : B, A {};      // operator= calls B::operator=, then A::operator=
                         // but they may only call V::operator= once
 
int main()
{
    C c1, c2;
    c2 = std::move(c1);
}

g++ -std=c++20 -pthread b.cpp -o b

b.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
b.cpp:17:8: warning: defaulted move assignment for ‘B’ calls a non-trivial move assignment operator for virtual base ‘V’ [-Wvirtual-move-assign]
   17 | struct B : virtual V {}; // operator= calls V::operator=
      |        ^
b.cpp:16:8: warning: defaulted move assignment for ‘A’ calls a non-trivial move assignment operator for virtual base ‘V’ [-Wvirtual-move-assign]
   16 | struct A : virtual V {}; // operator= calls V::operator=
      |        ^

./b

move assigned
move assigned

cl /std:c++20 /EHsc b.cpp