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From: lma@dayton.Stanford.EDU (Larry Augustin)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: const vs. static in class declaration
Summary: what is the correct way to do this?
Keywords: const, static, class constants
Message-ID: <286@dayton.stanford.edu>
Date: 26 Mar 91 22:55:45 GMT
Lines: 49

I have a number of integer constants that are part of a class.  What
is the correct way to go about doing this?  I have been using:


   class foo {
    private:
	...
    protected:
	...
    public:
      const int ID      = 258;
      const int NUMBER  = 259;
      const int IPORT   = 260;
	...
    };

But I've been told that this only works in g++, and isn't standard.  I
would like to avoid doing anything in my my application that isn't
portable.

Just so you understand the context, there may also be a class:

   class bar {
    private:
	...
    protected:
	...
    public:
      const int ID      = 230;
      const int NUMBER  = 231;
      const int IPORT   = 232;
	...
    };

So I don't simply want to use a #define or a global constant.

Thanks,

Larry M. Augustin			ERL 414
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