Directly access private data members in copy constructor

copyTest.cpp

/**
 * Compiles without error using g++ 4.8.0
 * g++ -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pedantic -o copyTest copyTest.cpp
 */

#include <iostream>

class Person {
    public:
        Person(std::string name) {
            this->name = new std::string(name);
        }
        ~Person() {
            delete name;
        }
        
        Person(const Person& rhs) {
            // here we directly access the private member name of rhs
            this->name = new std::string(*(rhs.name));
        }
        
        void sayName() {
            std::cout << *name << std::endl;
        }
        
    private:
        std::string* name;
};

int main() {
    Person p1("p1");
    Person p2(p1);
    p2.sayName();
}