declare a array of const ints in C++

Question

I have a class and I want to have some bit masks with values 0,1,3,7,15,...

So essentially i want to declare an array of constant int's such as:

class A{

const int masks[] = {0,1,3,5,7,....}

}

but the compiler will always complain.

I tried:

static const int masks[] = {0,1...}

static const int masks[9]; // then initializing inside the constructor

Any idea on how this can be done?

Thanks!

Answer 1

class A {
    static const int masks[];
};

const int A::masks[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, ... };

You may want to fixate the array within the class definition already, but you don't have to. The array will have a complete type at the point of definition (which is to keep within the .cpp file, not in the header) where it can deduce the size from the initializer.

Answer 2

// in the .h file
class A {
  static int const masks[];
};

// in the .cpp file
int const A::masks[] = {0,1,3,5,7};