From 3bf47761c8d06d7a117f49028ced381b8b286f8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benoit Blanchon <git@benoitblanchon.fr>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:41:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix return type of `StaticJsonDocument::operator=`

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                    | 1 +
 src/ArduinoJson/Document/StaticJsonDocument.hpp | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d921a680..10060c09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ HEAD
 * Fix `call of overloaded 'swap(BasicJsonDocument&, BasicJsonDocument&)' is ambiguous` (issue #1678)
 * Fix inconsistent pool size in `BasicJsonDocument`'s copy constructor
 * Support NUL in string values (issue #1646)
+* Fix return type of `StaticJsonDocument::operator=`
 
 v6.18.5 (2021-09-28)
 -------
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Document/StaticJsonDocument.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Document/StaticJsonDocument.hpp
index fbbadd43..40a027b4 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Document/StaticJsonDocument.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Document/StaticJsonDocument.hpp
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ class StaticJsonDocument : public JsonDocument {
     set(src);
   }
 
-  StaticJsonDocument operator=(const StaticJsonDocument& src) {
+  StaticJsonDocument& operator=(const StaticJsonDocument& src) {
     set(src);
     return *this;
   }
 
   template <typename T>
-  StaticJsonDocument operator=(const T& src) {
+  StaticJsonDocument& operator=(const T& src) {
     set(src);
     return *this;
   }