Re: Is this legal?

From: Karl Heinz Buchegger (kbuchegg_at_gascad.at)
Date: 01/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:10:14 +0100

Jason wrote:
>
> "Jumbo @uko2.co.uk>" <pcr1000011<nospam> wrote in message
> news:1074575154.993441@news.minx.net.uk...
> ...
> > No it's not legal.
> ...
>
> I can see why the other methods aren't legal - particularly having static
> num, since that would mean the object size was undeterminable at compile
> time.
>
> But isn't this legal then, moving the constant outside? Or are we reduced to
> using #DEFINE GRIDDIM 30 (I heard using defines was evil AND unnecessary)
>
> const int griddim = 30;
>
> class grid{
> private:
> int grd[griddim ][griddim ];
> public:
> grid(); ...

This is fine (if you can live with the fact that griddim
now pollutes the namespace). 

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Karl Heinz Buchegger
kbuchegg@gascad.at