Matrix2f M = Matrix2f::Random(); Matrix2f m; m = M; cout << "Here is the matrix m:" << endl << m << endl; cout << "Now we want to replace m by its own transpose." << endl; cout << "If we do m = m.transpose(), then m becomes:" << endl; m = m.transpose(); cout << m << endl << "which is wrong!" << endl; cout << "Now let us instead do m = m.transpose().eval(). Then m becomes" << endl; m = M; m = m.transpose().eval(); cout << m << endl << "which is right." << endl;