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In article ms2@rcogate.rco.qc.ca, ydanan@scir.ca writes:

>In <DGEFp4.IBC@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>, Kevin Ingalls <ingkl900@ccmail.ca.boeing.com> writes:

>>>class X
>>>{
>>>private:
>>>   const int fifty = 50;
>>>};

>>I assume that what you are really asking is "how can I accomplish this
>>with legal syntax?" Given that, try this:

>>class X
>>{
>>	X() : fifty(50) {};
>>private:	// private, public, or protected actually has nothing
>>		// to do with it
>>	const int fifty;
>>};

>I am not saying that the proposed solution is wrong, but I want to propose
>a simpler solution:

>class X
>{
>static const int fifty;
>...
>};
>int X::fifty = 50;

But why not use the method that preserves the original intent of having
fifty be a manifest constant?

class X {
	static const int fifty = 50;
};
and then in one place
	int X::fifty;

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Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com



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