Why does =default on operator= compile when there is a const member?

Question

class Foo {
public:
  Foo& operator=(const Foo&) = default;
private:
  const int i = 0;
};

Why is =default allowed there? It compiles without errors. I would think that =default should fail since it's not possibly to assign into the const variable?

What actually is happening?

Answer 1

When the function cannot be generated (as is the case), = default will generate it as = delete d instead. If you try to use that assignment operator your compiler should produce an error .