Generic copy ctor in c++

CopyCtor.cpp

//Copy-Constructor and assignment operator

MyClass::MyClass() : /* Fill in initializer list. */ {
    /* Default initialization here. */
}

//copy constructor 
MyClass::MyClass(const MyClass& other) {
    copyOther(other);
}

//assignmet-operator
MyClass& MyClass::operator =(const MyClass& other) {
    if(this != &other) {
        clear();
        // Note: When we cover inheritance, there's one more step here.
        copyOther(other);
}
    return *this;
}

MyClass::~MyClass() {
    clear(); 

}