Why this compound statement as a sequence of statements enclosed by braces and inside parentheses does not appear to be a valid statement expression

Question

Why this compound statement as a sequence of statements enclosed by braces (in GNU C++) and inside parentheses does not appear to be a valid Statement expression.

// my second program in C++
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  cout << "Hello World! ";
  ({cout << "I'm a C++ program";}); 

}

Compiler output:

 In function 'int main()':
8:32: error: use of deleted function 'std::basic_ostream<char>::basic_ostream(const std::basic_ostream<char>&)'
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.9/iostream:39:0,
                 from 2:
/usr/include/c++/4.9/ostream:58:11: note: 'std::basic_ostream<char>::basic_ostream(const std::basic_ostream<char>&)' is implicitly deleted because the default definition would be ill-formed:
     class basic_ostream : virtual public basic_ios<_CharT, _Traits>
           ^
/usr/include/c++/4.9/ostream:58:11: error: use of deleted function 'std::basic_ios<char>::basic_ios(const std::basic_ios<char>&)'
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.9/ios:44:0,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.9/ostream:38,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.9/iostream:39,
                 from 2:
/usr/include/c++/4.9/bits/basic_ios.h:66:11: note: 'std::basic_ios<char>::basic_ios(const std::basic_ios<char>&)' is implicitly deleted because the default definition would be ill-formed:
     class basic_ios : public ios_base
           ^
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.9/ios:42:0,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.9/ostream:38,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.9/iostream:39,
                 from 2:
/usr/include/c++/4.9/bits/ios_base.h:786:5: error: 'std::ios_base::ios_base(const std::ios_base&)' is private
     ios_base(const ios_base&);
     ^
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.9/ios:44:0,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.9/ostream:38,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.9/iostream:39,
                 from 2:
/usr/include/c++/4.9/bits/basic_ios.h:66:11: error: within this context
     class basic_ios : public ios_base
           ^

I have found a good answer about 'statement expression' in What's this C++ syntax that puts a brace-surrounded block where an expression is expected?

Answer 1

From the reference:

The last thing in the compound statement should be an expression followed by a semicolon; the value of this subexpression serves as the value of the entire construct.

and

In G++, the result value of a statement expression undergoes array and function pointer decay, and is returned by value to the enclosing expression.

This means in the expression:

({cout << "I'm a C++ program";}); 

the object std::cout is returned by value. This invokes the copy constructor of std::basic_ostream, which is deleted, and hence the error.