Re: Static Const

[Nathan Sidwell <nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paine, Thomas Asa wrote:
> I am trying to declare a static const member like this...
>
>    class RemoteManager:public Runnable{
>    ...
>     public:
>      ...
> -->  static const char MANAGEMENT_INTERFACE[] = "127.0.0.1";
>      ...
>    };
>
> but when compiling, keep getting this...
>
> g++ -g -Wno-deprecated -I /downloads/xerces/xerces-c-src_2_3_0/include/
> -c remotemanager.cpp
> In file included from remotemanager.cpp:7:
> remotemanager.h:15: invalid in-class initialization of static data
> member of
>    non-integral type `const char[]'
> make: *** [remotemanager.o] Error 1
>
> I'm missing something small here, but I'm not seeing it.  Seems to be
> object related because the same line of code in a simple main() function
> works fine.  Thoughts?
Read section 9.4.2 paragraph 4 of the std

I'll precis it for you 'in-class initialization of static data member of
non-integral types are not permitted' :)

nathan

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