• Weed (4/4) Dec 10 2008 why I can not initialize static variable this way:
• Benjamin Shropshire (5/13) Dec 10 2008 this NG is more or less dead. The digitalmars.d.learn NGs would be a bet...

Weed <resume755 mail.ru> writes:

why I can not initialize static variable this way:

static MyClass c = new MyClass;

Error: non-constant expression new MyClass

(dmd 2.014)

Benjamin Shropshire <ao pathlink.com> writes:

Reply to Weed,

 why I can not initialize static variable this way:
 
 static MyClass c = new MyClass;
 
 Error: non-constant expression new MyClass
 
 (dmd 2.014)
 

this NG is more or less dead. The digitalmars.d.learn NGs would be a better 
choice.

Only compile time constant values are legal for static initializers because 
they are initialized at compile time as part of the static data segments.