Thread: Static float array in header file

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    Question Static float array in header file

    I'm trying to declare and initialize several float arrays with

    Code:
    #pragma once
    
    class GlobalLight {
    private:
    	static const GLfloat FULLSUN[];
    };
    
    const GLfloat GlobalLight::FULLSUN[] = {240, 240, 188, 1};
    I get

    Code:
    1>GlobalLight.obj : error LNK2005: "private: static float const * const GlobalLight::FULLSUN" (?FULLSUN@GlobalLight@@0QBMB) already defined in CarRace.obj

    I've searched the web but found nothing Anyone knows how to do this?
    Last edited by kotoko; 06-15-2009 at 11:41 AM.

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    Post the smallest and simplest program that demonstrates the error.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    They are floats? Maybe they can't handle integers..... Just a thought, don't take my word for it, I don't do OpenGL

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    The error was wrong I put it right now.

    I simplified the code as well.

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    Ah, just a moment: did you actually put this line in the header?
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    const GLfloat GlobalLight::FULLSUN[] = {240, 240, 188, 1};
    it belongs in exactly one source file.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    That did the trick!

    Thanks

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