[LC++]static const char*

[Roberto Diaz]

Hi!

Well I have the following problem:

If I define something like this:

class foo 
{
 static const int a = 1;
 // more things
};

I have no problems the compiler wont complaints..

But if I do this:

class foo
{
  static const char *a = "this";
 // more things
}; 

g++ complaints:
bwwidget.h:18: ANSI C++ forbids initialization of member `antiquewhite'
bwwidget.h:18: making `a' static

So I change the syntax (just playing a little bit) and instead of "static
const" I put "const static" so then:

bwwidget.h:17: ANSI C++ forbids in-class initialization of non-const static
member `this'


And since I want to make sure I add "public:" 

class foo
{
  public:
	static const char *a = "this";
	//more things
}

And now:

bwwidget.h:18: ANSI C++ forbids in-class initialization of non-const static
member `a'


I just want to have a constant with a value so I can call it "foo::a" but
I dont want to use namespaces (I supposed a class was a namespace somehow too)

Is there not a way to have an static const char* ????

Thank you!

-- 
Saludos

Roberto Díaz <roberto at vivaldi.dhis.org>

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