https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=112838
Bug ID: 112838 Summary: Compiler is unable to show the exact error location when calling copy ctor for a non-copyable object Product: gcc Version: 10.5.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: eng.ahmad.nour at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- For this minimal example, the compiler never shows that the "real" cause of the error is line #13 where the copy ctor is being called. 01 #include <vector> 02 #include <memory> 03 04 class NonCopyable 05 { 06 private: 07 std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int>> mElements; 08 }; 09 10 int main() 11 { 12 NonCopyable a; 13 NonCopyable b(a); 14 15 return 0; 16 } I'm compiling using: g++-10 -Wall -Wextra main.cpp And getting this: In file included from /usr/include/c++/10/vector:66, from main.cpp:1: /usr/include/c++/10/bits/stl_uninitialized.h: In instantiation of ‘_ForwardIterator std::uninitialized_copy(_InputIterator, _InputIterator, _ForwardIterator) [with _InputIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<const std::unique_ptr<int>*, std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int> > >; _ForwardIterator = std::unique_ptr<int>*]’: /usr/include/c++/10/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:325:37: required from ‘_ForwardIterator std::__uninitialized_copy_a(_InputIterator, _InputIterator, _ForwardIterator, std::allocator<_Tp>&) [with _InputIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<const std::unique_ptr<int>*, std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int> > >; _ForwardIterator = std::unique_ptr<int>*; _Tp = std::unique_ptr<int>]’ /usr/include/c++/10/bits/stl_vector.h:558:31: required from ‘std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::vector(const std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>&) [with _Tp = std::unique_ptr<int>; _Alloc = std::allocator<std::unique_ptr<int> >]’ main.cpp:4:7: required from here /usr/include/c++/10/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:137:72: error: static assertion failed: result type must be constructible from value type of input range 137 | static_assert(is_constructible<_ValueType2, decltype(*__first)>::value, | ^~~~~ Compiler only shows that error is related to the class NonCopyable. But it was a nightmare for me to try and find the exact line where copying was made in the whole project.