LGTM.com - false positive for move and copy assignment operators not returning *this (C++)
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The error is reported for these operators when `*this` is returned indirectly via a function call. For example:
https://lgtm.com/projects/g/oknenavin/cxon/snapshot/9103621a01a81595999681a97870d8930d56aa58/files/src/cxon/lang/cbor/node/node.hxx?sort=name&dir=ASC&mode=heatmap#xc6e83398218bd018:1
we have:
``` c++
return value::move_assign(*this, std::forward(o));
```
where `value::move_assign` returns its first argument, which is `*this`.
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