Initializing constant object member of a class

I've got a class Pacman declared as follows:

Code:

#ifndef PACMAN_H
#define PACMAN_H

#include "Character.h"
#include "Map.h"

class Pacman : public Character
{
public:
	static const double STARTING_XPOSITION;
	static const double STARTING_YPOSITION;
	static const Tile STARTING_TILE;

	Pacman();
	Pacman(std::string name, Position position, int state = ACTIVE,
	int direction = LEFT, double speed = NORMAL, int pillsTaken = 0);
...

In the implementation file, Pacman.cpp, I have

Code:

const Tile Pacman::STARTING_TILE = Map::tiledMap[10][11];

tiledMap is simply a static 2d array of Tile objects.
If I make the Pacman constructor print out the data of Map::tiledMap[10][11] it does it correctly so it clearly has access, but instead of STARTING_TILE being assigned the values of tiledMap[10][11] (which is a Tile), it just has the values given by the default constructor for Tile.
I haven't defined any assignment operators so the compiler is just using the default which is what I want... So why isn't STARTING_TILE being assigned the data of tiledMap[10][11]?

Perhaps STARTING_TILE is being constructed before tileMap's members are initialized.

gg

Perhaps it also doesn't make sense to make these static. You'll probably not create more than one instance, so there's no gain in making the object smaller, but should you want to make a multiplayer (more than one PacMan) then probably you won't want them to start at the same position. Or perhaps you want different maps, etc. Therefore I would rather pass this data to the constructor.

Originally Posted by Codeplug

Perhaps STARTING_TILE is being constructed before tileMap's members are initialized.

gg

The "gg" always seems that you are being sarcastic with the person. It always takes me some seconds to realize that it is actually something like a signature