[SOLVED] problem using static pointers

fluca1978

Hi all,
I'm sure I'm missing something really stupid, but I cannot see what. I've got a class that defines the following:

@
class MainWindow{
//....
public:
static QString* const SETTINGS_MAIN_ORGANIZATION;
static QString* const SETTINGS_MAIN_NAME;
}

QString* const SETTINGS_MAIN_ORGANIZATION = new QString( "ABC" );
QString* const SETTINGS_MAIN_NAME = new QString( "DEF" );

@

and I access the values stored in the static fields as:

@
*MainWindow::SETTINGS_MAIN_NAME
@

but compiling the application I got an error:

@undefined reference to `MainWindow::SETTINGS_MAIN_NAME'@

What am I doing wrong? My aim is to declare a static const value that must be used as a default value, so if there is a smarter way to do it (without using a #define) please let me know.

vsorokin

@class MainWindow{
//....
public:
static QString* const SETTINGS_MAIN_ORGANIZATION;
static QString* const SETTINGS_MAIN_NAME;
}

QString* const MainWindow::SETTINGS_MAIN_ORGANIZATION = new QString( "ABC" );
QString* const MainWindow::SETTINGS_MAIN_NAME = new QString( "DEF" );@

fluca1978

Ops..what a stupid error! Thanks!

Franzk

If the strings are static and const, why use pointers?

@class MainWindow{
//....
public:
static QString const SETTINGS_MAIN_ORGANIZATION;
static QString const SETTINGS_MAIN_NAME;
}

QString const MainWindow::SETTINGS_MAIN_ORGANIZATION = QString( "ABC" );
QString const MainWindow::SETTINGS_MAIN_NAME = QString( "DEF" );@

fluca1978

Absolutely right!