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

As everyone else was saying, set the properties of my class to static const and then define them in the cpp file for the class:

header file:

class Player
{
public:
    Player();
    ~Player();

    float x;
    float y;
    float z;
    float velocity;

    static const unsigned short indices[ 6 ];
    static const VertexPositionColor vertices[ 4 ];
};

cpp:

const unsigned short Player::indices[ 6 ] = {
    3, 1, 0,
    4, 2, 1
};

const VertexPositionColor Player::vertices[ 4 ] = {
    { XMFLOAT3( -0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f ), XMFLOAT3( 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f ) },
    { XMFLOAT3( -0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f ), XMFLOAT3( 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f ) },
    { XMFLOAT3( 0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f ), XMFLOAT3( 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f ) },
    { XMFLOAT3( 0.5f, 0.5f, -0.5f ), XMFLOAT3( 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f ) }
}

Answer 2

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).