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Subject: Re: c++ const definition in djgpp 2.95 problem
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mimo wrote:

> the other solution - using static member constants - differs from the
> stated aim. defining a constant this way results in having more class
> mebers than before (again think so...), means that static members are
> simply not the same as this precompiler-"trick".
> to make it clear an example:
>
> class c{
>         static const int ciSize;
>         static const apszString[ciSize];
> };
>
> this simply cannot be done with static members since at the time when
> the precompiler (??) reaches the second const it doesn't know the
> value of ciSize. i am rather sure that this is also the reason for the
> internal compiler error, which could be avoided if it were still
> possible to define consts the way i used to do.
> maybe there is another workaround - thanks in advance.

This works fine.  The constants are NOT touched by the precompiler.  The size
does not need to be specified in the class definition.  Here's an example, I
tried it with v2.95 and it works.


#include <iostream.h>

class c {
 public:
 static const int size;
 static const char cszText[];
 };

const int c::size = 17;
const char c::cszText[c::size] = "Text";

int main()
{
 c test;
 cout << test.cszText;
 return 0;
}



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