array of structures initialization

From: Steve (Steve_at_someplace.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:12:58 GMT

A coworker just returned to C++ coding after a long hiatus and asked me how
to accomplish this task. What seemed liked simple issue, we have been unable
to resolve. He has declared a structure that includes an MFC class and wants
to initialize it at declaration time. Something like this:

In the h. file:

namespace SomeNamespace
{

    struct SomeStruct
    {
        long theNumber;
        CPoint thePoint;
    };

    SomeStruct arrssTheArray[] =
    {
        {
            1,
            CPoint(1,1)
        },
        {
            2,
            CPoint(2,2)
        }
    };
};

I have about 5 years experience in C\C++ but am self-taught so I can't rely
on any training background and I have been unable to find a similar example
of code. The compiler compliains that is cannot cast the long to a
"SomeStruct".

We also tried:

In the .h file:

namespace SomeNamespace
{

    struct SomeStruct
    {
        long theNumber;
        CPoint thePoint;
    };

    SomeStruct arrssTheArray[];
};

In the .cpp file:

    #include "SomeFile.h"

    SomeNamespace::SomeStruct SomeNamespace::arrssTheArray[] =
    {
        {
            1,
            CPoint(1,1)
        },
        {
            2,
            CPoint(2,2)
        }
    };

In this case the compiler complains about a redefinition. Can this task even
be done? Where can one go for information of this sort? I have about ~4
books on C\C++ but cannot seem to find a definitive answer for issues like
this. Thanks all.

Steve