Make the copy constructor / assignment operator of class File private to prevent accidental copying of File objects

svn-id: r22549

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/file.h b/common/file.h
index ef27a18b33..5b7086924d 100644
--- a/common/file.h
+++ b/common/file.h
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ protected:
 	/** The name of this file, for debugging. */
 	String _name;
 
+private:
+	// Disallow copying File objects. There is not strict reason for this,
+	// except that so far we never had real need for such a feature, and
+	// code that accidentally copied File objects tended to break in strange
+	// ways.
+	File(const File &f);
+	File &operator  =(const File &f);
+
 public:
 	enum AccessMode {
 		kFileReadMode = 1,
@@ -64,6 +72,7 @@ public:
 	File();
 	virtual ~File();
 
+
 	void incRef();
 	void decRef();