------- Comment #5 from rwitmer at xmission dot com 2010-07-27 15:27 ------- Thanks for all the great comments and insight.
I'm still confused as to why when the BUFF_SIZE was defined as: static const signed int BUFF_SIZE = 20; it caused the error, but when it was defined as: static const unsigned int BUFF_SIZE = 20; it did not. void funky(const int& in) is an example of a library call I had to use, I have no control over the author's over zealousness on using a const int& parameter. There were 2 things that solved the problem I was seeing: 1. Adding a const signed int BUFF_SIZE; line to the .cpp file. I've seen lots of code where we define constants ala, static const int BUFF_SIZE=20; in the .hpp file without any const int myclass::BUFF_SIZE; in the .cpp files. Is that wrong to exclude them, should we be including them in the .cpp file? 2. Declaring the type during the call, ala, funky((int)myclass::BUFF_SIZE); I'm not sure which is the better solution. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45082
