Vector of structs with const members?

Question

Let\'s say I have

#include 
#include 
using namespace std;

struct Student
{
    const string name;
    int grade;
    Student(co         


        

Answer 1

The simple answer is: you can't. If you have const member variables, then the compiler can't supply a default copy-assignment operator. However, many of the operations that std::vector provides need to make assignments, and therefore require a (public) copy-assignment operator.

Your options are:

1. Make name non-const.
2. Write your own copy-assignment operator, and think of a way to deal with "copying" a const member.