Declaring constants within the scope of a class

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Date: 03/15/05 

Date: 15 Mar 2005 08:11:13 -0800

I am trying to compile the following sample code:

class WhatISHappeningHere
{
  static const int x = 32;
  static const char* yy = "Howdy";
  // ...
  // blah blah blah
  // ...
};

My GCC compiler (g++ version 2.95.2) is giving the following misleading
compiler error:

ANSI C++ forbids in-class initialization of non-const static member
`yy'

I suspect that initialization of static data members that are not of an
integral type is not allowed in C++, but the compiler is giving a wrong
error message. Kindly confirm/refute my observation.

Thanks,
Gus

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