https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63707
--- Comment #5 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The member array case only fails when the array element has a user-defined destructor Here's the failing testcase repeated from the attachment and reduced slightly: struct Child { Child (int); ~Child (); Child (const Child &) = delete; }; struct Parent { Parent () : children {{5}, {7}} {} Child children[2]; }; i.cc: In constructor ‘Parent::Parent()’: i.cc:12:35: error: use of deleted function ‘Child::Child(const Child&)’ Parent () : children {{5}, {7}} {} ^ i.cc:6:5: note: declared here Child (const Child &) = delete; ^ Commenting out the destructor declaration allows it to compile.