c++/6945: A static constant that is initialize inline is not create if only a temperary is used

[Phil Edwards]

On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 05:27:50PM -0400, spamjunk wrote:
> Not true.  You can't do that when its initialized inline in the class, the
> compiler will tell its that its defined twice.

Incorrect; writing

    class Foo
    {
        static const int foo = 42;
    };

only provides a handy way of keeping the '42' in the header file.  It does
not provide a definition, only a declaration.  Writing the above only means
that in the ".cc" file, you can write

    const int Foo::foo;

instead of 

    const int Foo::foo = 42;

You should either find more textbooks on C++, or buy a copy of the standard.
(At $18 for a PDF it's pretty cheap, although the reading is dry.)


Phil

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