From 29995eb604323a9da1831f510c5179f8cfefb6bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Juraj=20Andr=C3=A1ssy?=
 <10706773+JAndrassy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:18:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] WiFiClient - assignment shouldn't stop connection (#9029)

there may be other copy of WiFiClient working with that connection.
let shared_ptr stop the connection when it is not refered anymore.

Co-authored-by: Me No Dev <me-no-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.cpp | 9 ---------
 libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.h   | 1 -
 2 files changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.cpp b/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.cpp
index 4127bcad3..52aca2f1b 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.cpp
@@ -202,15 +202,6 @@ WiFiClient::~WiFiClient()
     stop();
 }
 
-WiFiClient & WiFiClient::operator=(const WiFiClient &other)
-{
-    stop();
-    clientSocketHandle = other.clientSocketHandle;
-    _rxBuffer = other._rxBuffer;
-    _connected = other._connected;
-    return *this;
-}
-
 void WiFiClient::stop()
 {
     clientSocketHandle = NULL;
diff --git a/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.h b/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.h
index 06e77c7cd..d78e00fb1 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.h
+++ b/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ public:
     {
         return connected();
     }
-    WiFiClient & operator=(const WiFiClient &other);
     bool operator==(const bool value)
     {
         return bool() == value;