C++ [RFC] taking address of a static const data member

[Fariborz Jahanian]

Thanks Andrew. Yes, standard actually mentions this that I missed.

- fariborz



On Mar 11, 2005, at 11:25 AM, Andrew Pinski wrote:

>
> On Mar 11, 2005, at 2:16 PM, Fariborz Jahanian wrote:
>> So, is g++ correct in rejecting this seemingly good user code?
>
> Yes you need a place to store the data.
> So for an example in your original testcase, you need:
> const int Foo::foo;
>
> Which fixes the problem and yes 9.4.2 explains this (I cannot find it 
> right
> now but I know there has been multiple bugs about this in the past).
>
> -- Pinski
>