[Bug c++/10634] in-class initialization of static data members no longer allowed

[gdr at integrable-solutions dot net]

------- Additional Comments From gdr at integrable-solutions dot net  2004-05-08 15:54 -------
Subject: Re:  in-class initialization of static data members no longer allowed

"giovannibajo at libero dot it" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

| pgonzalez at bluel dot com wrote:
| 
| > I originally solved the problem simply by moving the definition to the
| > .cpp file.  However, in that case the constant address can no longer
| > be expanded inline and is replaced with an external reference.
| 
| Why is that?

That can happen when its address is taken, either directly or through
binding to a reference (this is less "visible" to the the programmer).

This integral constant hack should never have been there -- IMO, it
causes more confusion than anything else, but that is just me.




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