cannot specify explicit initializer for arrays

Question

I\'m getting the following compile error...

error C2536: \'Player::Player::indices\' : cannot specify explicit initializer for arrays 

why

Answer 1

The size of the array needs to be defined in the class definition. C++ doesn't support variable sized arrays, at least, not yet:

class Player
{  
public:
    // ...
    const unsigned short indices[ 6 ];
    const VertexPositionColor vertices[4];
};

Assuming a suitable definition of VertexPositionColor this should be OK (it compiles with gcc and clang using -std=c++11).