From 4286223203123974820 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,942dd48e323646a4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Francis Glassborow Subject: Re: const static member in a class Date: 2000/04/28 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 616367370 Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ References: <3908CCBC.E02307C@hotmail.com> X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 956847131 mail2news:9970 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk Organization: Southfield Microcomputer SS X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: Francis Glassborow Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ In article <3908CCBC.E02307C@hotmail.com>, Yaxun Liu writes >Hi, > I wonder whether the following codes satisfy the C++ standard, > >class A >{ >public: >static const int m_a=1; >}; > >I've seen some people used such codes, however, it caused compling error > >in VC++5.0. I was rather confused. This one is not really MS's fault as in class initialisation of static const data (integer types only) was a late tweak to the Standard. In addition you still have to define the variable exactly once somewhere in your program (for the linker) Francis Glassborow Association of C & C++ Users 64 Southfield Rd Oxford OX4 1PA +44(0)1865 246490 All opinions are mine and do not represent those of any organisation --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]