C++ uniform declaration is not working in class - c++

Question

I am trying to have a member array in a class with its length specified by the const static int variable for future needs.
My compiler throws an error with it, and I am not sure this is an error about a uniform initialization or array initialization, or both.
Here is the header file:
#ifndef SOUECE_H
#define SOURCE_H
class Test
{
public:
Test();
static const int array_length{2};
double array[array_length];
};
#endif
This is the source file.
#include "source.h"
Test::Test()
:array_length{0} //Typo of array{0}
{
}
These are the problem messages.
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This is the CMake file.
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
project(temp VERSION 0.1.0)
include(CTest)
enable_testing()
add_executable(temp main.cpp)
set(CPACK_PROJECT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
set(CPACK_PROJECT_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
include(CPack)
Finally, these are what the compiler is complaining about when I try to build the project.
[main] Building folder: temp
[build] Starting build
[proc] Executing command: /usr/local/bin/cmake --build /Users/USERNAME/Desktop/temp/build --config Debug --target all -j 14 --
[build] [1/2 50% :: 0.066] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/temp.dir/main.cpp.o
[build] FAILED: CMakeFiles/temp.dir/main.cpp.o
[build] /usr/bin/clang++ -g -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX11.3.sdk -MD -MT CMakeFiles/temp.dir/main.cpp.o -MF CMakeFiles/temp.dir/main.cpp.o.d -o CMakeFiles/temp.dir/main.cpp.o -c ../main.cpp
[build] In file included from ../main.cpp:1:
[build] ../source.h:8:22: error: function definition does not declare parameters
[build] static const int array_length{2};
[build] ^
[build] ../source.h:9:18: error: use of undeclared identifier 'array_length'
[build] double array[array_length];
[build] ^
[build] 2 errors generated.
[build] ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
[build] Build finished with exit code 1
I am using macOS 12.0 beta, with VS Code 1.60.2, clang 13.0.0, CMake 3.20.2.
Please let me know if you see any wrong or have any suggestions.

Answer 1

This cannot work:
Test::Test()
:array_length{0}
You cannot set a const static data member in your constructor. A static value has the same value accross all object instances. But as it is also const no instance is allowed to change the value.

Answer 2

Since array_length is static const you have to initialize it like this:
source.h
#ifndef SOUECE_H
#define SOURCE_H
class Test
{
public:
Test();
static const int array_length = 2;
//static const int array_length{2}; this will also work just note that we cannot use constructor initializer list to initialize static data members
double array[array_length];
};
#endif
source.cpp
#include "source.h"
Test::Test()//we cannot use constructor initializer list to initialize array_length
{
}
Note that static const int array_length{2}; will also work but the thing is that in the constructor we cannot use constructor initializer list to initialize static data member.
EDIT:
If you decide to use static const int array_length{2}; then make sure that you have C++11(or later) enabled in your CMakeLists.txt. For this you can add
set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
to your CMakeLists.txt.
Alternatively, you could instead add
target_compile_features(targetname PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
in your CMakeLists.txt. In your case replace targetname with temp since that is the targetname that you have. Check this out for more how to active C++11 in CMake .