Make the PIDHandler class non-copyable (#390)

* Make the PIDHandler class non-copyable * Add a comment about the deleted copy constructor and assignment --------- Co-authored-by: jmcarcell <jmcarcell@users.noreply.github.com>
key4hep · Dec 19, 2024 · 3eec167 · 3eec167
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diff --git a/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/ParticleIDUtils.h b/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/ParticleIDUtils.h
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ class PIDHandler {
 public:
   PIDHandler() = default;
   ~PIDHandler() = default;
-  PIDHandler(const PIDHandler&) = default;
-  PIDHandler& operator=(const PIDHandler&) = default;
+  // Copies are not allowed to avoid copying the internal maps
+  PIDHandler(const PIDHandler&) = delete;
+  PIDHandler& operator=(const PIDHandler&) = delete;
   PIDHandler(PIDHandler&&) = default;
   PIDHandler& operator=(PIDHandler&&) = default;