将 class 构造函数设为私有

Making class constructor private

我正在用 C++ 编写一个简单的垃圾收集器。我需要一个单例 class GarbageCollector 来处理不同类型的内存。 我使用了 Meyer 的单例模式。但是当我尝试调用实例时,出现错误:

 error: ‘GarbageCollector::GarbageCollector(const GarbageCollector&)’ is private
    GarbageCollector(const GarbageCollector&);
    ^

这是 class 的定义。

class GarbageCollector //Meyers singleton (http://cpp-reference.ru/patterns/creational-patterns/singleton/)
{
 public:
    static GarbageCollector& instance(){
        static GarbageCollector gc; 
        return gc; 
    }   
    size_t allocated_heap_memory;
    size_t max_heap_memory;
private:
    //Copying, = and new are not available to be used by user.
    GarbageCollector(){};
    GarbageCollector(const GarbageCollector&);
    GarbageCollector& operator=(GarbageCollector&);
};

我使用以下行调用实例: auto gc = GarbageCollector::instance();

改变

auto gc = GarbageCollector::instance();

auto& gc = GarbageCollector::instance();

否则gc不是引用,然后返回GarbageCollector需要复制,但是复制ctor是私有的,这就是编译器抱怨的原因。