Error using defaulted copy constructor: "deleted function"

Question

I am using g++ 5.1.0 to compile the following C++14 program test.cpp:

#include <memory>

class Factor {
  public:
    Factor(const Factor&) = default;
    Factor(Factor&&) = default;
    Factor& operator=(const Factor&) = default;
    Factor& operator=(Factor&&) = default;
    Factor(int data) { 
      _data = std::make_unique<int>(data);
    }
    int* data() const { return _data.get(); }
  private:
    std::unique_ptr<int> _data;
};

class Node {
  public:
    Node(const Node& other) : _factor(other._factor) {
    }
  private:
    Factor _factor;
};

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
}

When I try to compile I get the following errors:

test.cpp: In copy constructor ‘Node::Node(const Node&)’:
test.cpp:19:52: error: use of deleted function ‘Factor::Factor(const Factor&)’
     Node(const Node& other) : _factor(other._factor) {
                                                    ^
test.cpp:5:5: note: ‘Factor::Factor(const Factor&)’ is implicitly deleted because the default definition would be ill-formed:
     Factor(const Factor&) = default;
     ^
test.cpp:5:5: error: use of deleted function ‘std::unique_ptr<_Tp, _Dp>::unique_ptr(const std::unique_ptr<_Tp, _Dp>&) [with _Tp = int; _Dp = std::default_delete<int>]’
In file included from /usr/include/c++/5/memory:81:0,
                 from test.cpp:1:
/usr/include/c++/5/bits/unique_ptr.h:356:7: note: declared here
       unique_ptr(const unique_ptr&) = delete;
       ^

I don't know where to begin diagnosing this issue because it seems fairly obvious to me that the copy constructor exists and is not deleted. What could be the cause of this?

Answer 1

As juanchopanza indicated, this was due to a non-copyable std::unique_ptr data member in my Factor class which resulted in the copy constructor being silently deleted.