Re: [boost] [serialization]A question about the implementationofXML_name in basic_xml_oarchive.ipp

From: Sean Huang (huangsean_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-28 17:11:37

"Reece Dunn" <msclrhd_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:BAY101-F67FCBC7D549563DC6FD47A08D0_at_phx.gbl...
> What about:
>
>   static const unsigned char lookup_table[] = { ... };
>
> The static tells the compiler that this is a global constant and not just
> related to this call of the function. The const tells the compiler that 
> the
> data isn't (shouldn't be) modified.
>
> I think this will work on all compilers. (Compare this with declaring
> class-based constants using "static const ...").
>
> - Reece
>
Could you please elaborate this for a bit? What is the issue with using a 
const static member?

Thanks,

Sean