static const double pi = 3.1415;

[Mark Mitchell]

--On Tuesday, February 18, 2003 08:39:00 AM +0100 Gabriel Dos Reis 
<gdr@integrable-solutions.net> wrote:

> I would propose we deprecate it in 3.3 and remove it in 3.4 --
> following existing practice.  What do you think?

I assume that by "it" you mean initializing static floating-point data 
members in-class.

I still think that in some sense there's nothing to deprecate; this was a 
very unofficial extension.

Your proposal is OK with me, if there's a good patch for it.

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