class A{static const int b = 1; };

I read in "Thinking in C++" this code works:
---------
class A
{
static const int b = 1;
};
---------
but it doesn't!
I do something wrong?
I use VC++6 and it returns:
-------
error C2258: illegal pure syntax, must be '= 0'
error C2252: 'b' : pure specifier can only be specified for functions
-------

[WW]

<- Chameleon -> wrote:

I read in "Thinking in C++" this code works:
---------
class A
{
static const int b = 1;
};
---------
but it doesn't!
I do something wrong?

No. VC6 is non-standard in this matter. The usual fix is the enum-as-const
"idiom". Just do it like this:

class A
{
enum { b = 1; };
};

--
WW aka Attila

[Victor Bazarov]

"WW" <wo***@freemail .hu> wrote...

<- Chameleon -> wrote:

I read in "Thinking in C++" this code works:
---------
class A
{
static const int b = 1;
};
---------
but it doesn't!
I do something wrong?
No. VC6 is non-standard in this matter. The usual fix is the

enum-as-const "idiom". Just do it like this:

class A
{
enum { b = 1; };
enum { b = 1 };
};

Victor

[Alexander Terekhov]

Victor Bazarov wrote:
[...]

enum { b = 1; };

enum { b = 1 };

"The actual eyeballs, lying within an ea^H^H^H^H^HBaz arov's skull, are
huge by our standards, taking up more room than the brain itself!"

http://amos.indiana.edu/library/scripts/eagle.html

regards,
alexander.

[WW]

Victor Bazarov wrote:

class A
{
enum { b = 1; };

enum { b = 1 };

};

Thanks for the correction. I forgot to remove the ;. It is so little I did
not see it is there. That is again a proof that size does not matter ;-)

--
WW aka Attila

[WW]

Alexander Terekhov wrote:

Victor Bazarov wrote:
[...]

enum { b = 1; };

enum { b = 1 };

"The actual eyeballs, lying within an ea^H^H^H^H^HBaz arov's skull, are
huge by our standards, taking up more room than the brain itself!"

I assume Alexander meant you have eagle eyes. And nothing about Victor's
brain.

Alexander, you will really need a bodyguard. My father has jokes like this
and the people of his village did confess to me that they have sometimes
played with the idea to check if his brain differs from a normal one. ;-)

--
WW aka Attila

[Victor Bazarov]

"WW" <wo***@freemail .hu> wrote...

[...]
I assume Alexander meant [...]

He didn't mean anything. He can't mean anything.
He has no device with which to mean.

[WW]

Victor Bazarov wrote:

"WW" <wo***@freemail .hu> wrote...

[...]
I assume Alexander meant [...]

He didn't mean anything. He can't mean anything.
He has no device with which to mean.

I see. He has no device with which to mean. So he cannot be mean. ;-)

[Alexander Terekhov]

WW wrote:
[...]

I assume Alexander meant you have eagle eyes. And nothing about Victor's
brain.

Let me put it this way. Judging from Bazarov's "subdue" c.l.c++-policing
activity of lately, his medical treatment looks really promising. To me,
it seems like he'll reach the level of NeilB really soon. Amen. Default,
be ready (never mind your days are coming too).

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...A3F4C%40web.de

regards,
alexander.

[Gianni Mariani]

Alexander Terekhov wrote:

WW wrote:
[...]

I assume Alexander meant you have eagle eyes. And nothing about Victor's
brain.

Let me put it this way. Judging from Bazarov's "subdue" c.l.c++-policing
activity of lately, his medical treatment looks really promising. To me,
it seems like he'll reach the level of NeilB really soon. Amen. Default,
be ready (never mind your days are coming too).

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...A3F4C%40web.de

So what did end up happening to the butter man. Is he Alexander now ?