Initializing Constant Static Array In Header File

Question

I have just found out that the following is not valid.

//Header File
class test
{
    const static char array[] = { \'1\', \'2\', \'3\' };
};

Answer 1

You can always do the following:

class test {
  static const char array(int index) {
    static const char a[] = {'1','2','3'};
    return a[index];
  } 
};

A couple nice things about this paradigm:

• No need for a cpp file
• You can do range checking if you want to
• You avoid having to worry about the static initialization fiasco