c – 无法将’this’指针从’const container’转换为’containe

#include <cstdio>
#include <string>

template <typename T>
class container {
public:
  container(std::string in_key="") {
    m_element_index = 0;
  }
  ~container() {
  }
  // Returns the numbers of elements in the container
  int size() {
    return m_element_index;
  }
  // Assignment operator
  // Assigns a copy of container x as the new content for the container object.
  container& operator= (const container& other) {
    if (this != &other) {
      for ( int idx = 0; idx < other.size(); idx++) {
      }
    }
    return *this;
  }
private:
  int m_element_index;
};

int main ( int argc,char** argv) {
  container<int> v1("my_container");
  container<int> v2("copy_cont");
  v2 = v1;
}

获取以下行的错误

for(int idx = 0; idx< other.size(); idx){ 错误是

1>------ Build started: Project: test,Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>  test.cpp
1>e:avinashtesttesttest.cpp(20): error C2662: 'container<T>::size' : cannot convert 'this' pointer from 'const container<T>' to 'container<T> &'
1>          with
1>          [
1>              T=int
1>          ]
1>          Conversion loses qualifiers
1>          e:avinashtesttesttest.cpp(18) : while compiling class template member function 'container<T> &container<T>::operator =(const container<T> &)'
1>          with
1>          [
1>              T=int
1>          ]
1>          e:avinashtesttesttest.cpp(30) : see reference to class template instantiation 'container<T>' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              T=int
1>          ]
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