operator= and functions that are not inherited in C++?

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The assignment operator is technically inherited; however, it is always hidden by an explicitly or implicitly defined assignment operator for the derived class (see comments below).

(13.5.3 Assignment) An assignment operator shall be implemented by a
non-static member function with exactly one parameter. Because a copy
assignment operator operator= is implicitly declared for a a class if
not declared by the user, a base class assignment operator is always
hidden by the copy assignment operator of the derived class.

You can implement a dummy assignment operator which simply forwards the call to the base class operator=, like this:

// Derived class
template<typename T, unsigned int N> class Derived : public Base<Derived, T, N>
{
public:
    template<typename T0, class = typename std::enable_if<std::is_convertible<T0, T>::value>::type>
    inline Derived& operator=(const T0& rhs)
    {
        return Base<Derived, T, N>::operator=(rhs);
    }
};

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