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From: amb@Apple.COM (A. Michael Burbidge)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: const in a class
Message-ID: <54021@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Jun 91 02:14:28 GMT
References: <1991Jun15.014436.10060@kcbbs.gen.nz> <GLENN.91Jun14100535@huxley.huxley.bitstream.com>
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In article <GLENN.91Jun14100535@huxley.huxley.bitstream.com>, glenn@bitstream.com (Glenn P. Parker) writes:
> In article <1991Jun15.014436.10060@kcbbs.gen.nz> Chris_Sullivan@kcbbs.gen.nz (Chris Sullivan) writes:
> > class C {
> >   const int size = 1000;
> >   char array[size];
> >   ...
> >   }
> 
> This is a hack, but it has been suggested by greater authorities than me!
> 
> class C {
>     enum { size = 1000 };
>     char array[size];
>     // ...
>     };
> 
> --
> Glenn P. Parker       glenn@bitstream.com       Bitstream, Inc.
>                       uunet!huxley!glenn        215 First Street
>                       BIX: parker               Cambridge, MA 02142-1270

This following seems to work for our AT&T 2.0 derived compiler:

class C {
    static const int size;
    char array[size];
    // ...
    };

and then in the implementation file give the definition:

const int C::size = 1000;

Mike Burbidge
MacApp Engineering