Array with const size in a class?

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October 25th, 2006, 12:00 PM

Kris_A

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Array with const size in a class?

Hi, I seem to be having a bit of trouble making a const accessible when declaring arrays in the same class. Is there any way to do this?

This code:

Code:

class GAME {
	// blah blah
	const int MAX_BUILDING_TYPES;
	BUILDING_TYPE * building_types[MAX_BUILDING_TYPES];
}

... Doesn't seem to work. Assumably this is because the consts don't get initialised until the constructor line in the .cpp file, but this seems like the only way to do it.

The error I get is an odd one..

Quote:

'GAME::MAX_BUILDING_TYPES' : member from enclosing class is not a type name, static, or enumerator

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Kris

October 25th, 2006, 12:31 PM

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Declare it like this:

Code:

class GAME {
        // blah blah
        static const int MAX_BUILDING_TYPES = 5;
        BUILDING_TYPE * building_types[MAX_BUILDING_TYPES];
};

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October 25th, 2006, 12:35 PM

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Ahh. I actually tried that before, and got an error (C2258), but it seems like that's actually an issue with the compiler (I thought my code was just wrong).

Looks like I'm going to have to use this workaround:

Code: