std::ios_base::ios_base(const std::ios_base) is private

Question

FatalMessageAssembler is a class which collects messages to an inner stringstream variable via << operator. It prints message of result variable and terminates application by += operator. (I have reasons not to put it in a function)

Header:

class FatalMessageAssembler
{
public:
    FatalMessageAssembler();
    std::stringstream contents;
    void operator+=(FatalMessageAssembler& result);
};
template<typename msg_type> FatalMessageAssembler& operator<<(FatalMessageAssembler& target,const msg_type msg);
namespace NLog
{
    extern FatalMessageAssembler assembler;
}

Source:

FatalMessageAssembler::FatalMessageAssembler()
{

}
FatalMessageAssembler NLog::assembler=FatalMessageAssembler();
template<typename msg_type> FatalMessageAssembler& operator<<(FatalMessageAssembler& target, const msg_type msg)
{
    target.contents<<msg;
    return target;
}
void FatalMessageAssembler::operator+=(FatalMessageAssembler& result)
{
    qFatal(result.contents.str().c_str());
    result.contents.str("");//I'm not sre if qFatal() can be handled not to terminate app
    result.contents.clear();
}

This create an error std::ios_base::ios_base(const std::ios_base) is private. I didn't forget reference in return type.

Full log:

06:36:41: Running steps for project tsl...
06:36:41: Configuration unchanged, skipping qmake step.
06:36:41: Starting: "/usr/bin/make" 
g++ -c -m64 -pipe -g -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_SHARED -I/usr/share/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++-64 -I../tsl -I/usr/include/qt4/QtCore -I/usr/include/qt4 -I. -I../tsl -I. -o servicelogger.o ../tsl/servicelogger.cpp
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.8/ios:42:0,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.8/ostream:38,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.8/iterator:64,
                 from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qlist.h:50,
                 from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qobject.h:50,
                 from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/QObject:1,
                 from ../tsl/servicelogger.h:5,
                 from ../tsl/servicelogger.cpp:2:
/usr/include/c++/4.8/bits/ios_base.h: In copy constructor 'std::basic_ios<char>::basic_ios(const std::basic_ios<char>&)':
/usr/include/c++/4.8/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++/4.8/ios:44:0,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.8/ostream:38,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.8/iterator:64,
                 from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qlist.h:50,
                 from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qobject.h:50,
                 from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/QObject:1,
                 from ../tsl/servicelogger.h:5,
                 from ../tsl/servicelogger.cpp:2:
/usr/include/c++/4.8/bits/basic_ios.h:66:11: error: within this context
     class basic_ios : public ios_base
           ^
In file included from ../tsl/servicelogger.h:8:0,
                 from ../tsl/servicelogger.cpp:2:
/usr/include/c++/4.8/sstream: In copy constructor 'std::basic_stringstream<char>::basic_stringstream(const std::basic_stringstream<char>&)':
/usr/include/c++/4.8/sstream:502:11: note: synthesized method 'std::basic_ios<char>::basic_ios(const std::basic_ios<char>&)' first required here 
     class basic_stringstream : public basic_iostream<_CharT, _Traits>
           ^
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.8/ios:43:0,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.8/ostream:38,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.8/iterator:64,
                 from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qlist.h:50,
                 from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qobject.h:50,
                 from /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/QObject:1,
                 from ../tsl/servicelogger.h:5,
                 from ../tsl/servicelogger.cpp:2:
/usr/include/c++/4.8/streambuf: In copy constructor 'std::basic_stringbuf<char>::basic_stringbuf(const std::basic_stringbuf<char>&)':
/usr/include/c++/4.8/streambuf:802:7: error: 'std::basic_streambuf<_CharT, _Traits>::basic_streambuf(const std::basic_streambuf<_CharT, _Traits>&) [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>]' is private
       basic_streambuf(const basic_streambuf& __sb)
       ^
In file included from ../tsl/servicelogger.h:8:0,
                 from ../tsl/servicelogger.cpp:2:
/usr/include/c++/4.8/sstream:64:11: error: within this context
     class basic_stringbuf : public basic_streambuf<_CharT, _Traits>
           ^
/usr/include/c++/4.8/sstream: In copy constructor 'std::basic_stringstream<char>::basic_stringstream(const std::basic_stringstream<char>&)':
/usr/include/c++/4.8/sstream:502:11: note: synthesized method 'std::basic_stringbuf<char>::basic_stringbuf(const std::basic_stringbuf<char>&)' first required here 
     class basic_stringstream : public basic_iostream<_CharT, _Traits>
           ^
In file included from ../tsl/servicelogger.cpp:2:0:
../tsl/servicelogger.h: In copy constructor 'FatalMessageAssembler::FatalMessageAssembler(const FatalMessageAssembler&)':
../tsl/servicelogger.h:39:7: note: synthesized method 'std::basic_stringstream<char>::basic_stringstream(const std::basic_stringstream<char>&)' first required here 
 class FatalMessageAssembler
       ^
../tsl/servicelogger.cpp: At global scope:
../tsl/servicelogger.cpp:47:61: note: synthesized method 'FatalMessageAssembler::FatalMessageAssembler(const FatalMessageAssembler&)' first required here 
 FatalMessageAssembler NLog::assembler=FatalMessageAssembler();
                                                             ^
../tsl/servicelogger.cpp: In member function 'void FatalMessageAssembler::operator+=(FatalMessageAssembler&)':
../tsl/servicelogger.cpp:55:41: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Wformat-security]
     qFatal(result.contents.str().c_str());
                                         ^
make: *** [servicelogger.o] Error 1
06:36:46: The process "/usr/bin/make" exited with code 2.
Error while building/deploying project tsl (kit: Desktop)
When executing step "Make"
06:36:46: Elapsed time: 00:05.

`FatalMessageAssembler NLog::assembler=FatalMessageAssembler();` right here. Like the error tells you.. Also `ss.str().c_str()` is wrong. — Rapptz, Nov 15 '14 at 11:51

Columbo · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-15T11:58:49.257

FatalMessageAssembler NLog::assembler=FatalMessageAssembler();

This is the crucial line that causes the error. You can't copy streams, and thus you can't copy FatalMessageAssemblers¹. However, the initialization with a temporary is actually not needed.

FatalMessageAssembler NLog::assembler;

Should also initialize assembler appropriately.

^{1) The move constructor of your class isn't implicitly declared because stringstream, the type of one of the members, is not copyable.}

std::ios_base::ios_base(const std::ios_base) is private

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