non-integral constants

Question

I want a header file with a non-integral constant in it, e.g. a class. Note the constant does not need to be a compile-time constant.

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Answer 1

I think the other answers here are better, but if you're dead-set on doing it all with headers, you can effectively inline your object (as you specifically ask) with a simple wrapper function.

inline const std::string &get_ten() {
    static const std::string ten = "10";
    return ten;
}

There will be only one string, initialized once, and you don't need anything outside of the header file.