https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83981
--- Comment #12 from Daniel Trebbien <dtrebbien at gmail dot com> --- https://wg21.link/lwg2158 looks relevant, particularly this part: "This requirement is not sufficient if an implementation is free to select copy constructor when !is_nothrow_move_constructible<T>::value && is_copy_constructible<T>::value evaluates to true. Unfortunately, is_copy_constructible cannot reliably determine whether T is really copy-constructible. A class may contain public non-deleted copy constructor whose definition does not exist or cannot be instantiated successfully (e.g., std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int>> has copy constructor, but this type is not copy-constructible)." Even though is_copy_constructible for std::vector<std::unique_ptr<...>> is true, resizing a vector of this element type works because the std::vector move constructor is noexcept, so the move constructor is selected. Jonathan, I personally think that your argument in Comment 10 is persuasive. Further, I like the suggestion in LWG 2158 to add "if !is_nothrow_move_constructible<T>::value && is_copy_constructible<T>::value then T shall be CopyInsertable into *this;" to the requirements of vector::resize(size_type). I think that this would be required because, based on my reading of [temp.inst], it is a well-formed program to instantiate boost::optional<NonCopyConstructibleType>, as this does not require the instantiation of the boost::optional<NonCopyConstructibleType> copy constructor.