From cc6da052c21312588e5e3502cdc88dcd435a11fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juraj Andrassy <juraj.andrassy@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 20:49:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] WiFiClient - assignment shouldn't stop connection

there may be other copy of WiFiClient working with that connection.
let shared_ptr stop the connection when it is not refered anymore.
---
 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 864c33322f3..ee23e1835ff 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.cpp
@@ -197,15 +197,6 @@ 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 06e77c7cd1d..d78e00fb19e 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.h
+++ b/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiClient.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ class WiFiClient : public ESPLwIPClient
     {
         return connected();
     }
-    WiFiClient & operator=(const WiFiClient &other);
     bool operator==(const bool value)
     {
         return bool() == value;