array initiation - methodology for converting C code to C++

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From	Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com>
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Subject	array initiation - methodology for converting C code to C++
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I had some C style code that essentially had

const char * choices[] = {"Choice A", "Choice B", "Choice C", "Choice D"};

Now this is obviously a problem in a class framework as it can not be 
initialized in the class definition.

So I tried some variations so I didn't have to alter the internal code 
that used the array.  Someone told me to make it a static array, but 
something happened which I didn't expect.  I tried

screens.h

 class menu_window
  {
    public:

      /* ====================  LIFECYCLE ======================================= */
      menu_window ();                             /* constructor      */
      menu_window (int height, int width, int row, int col);
      menu_window ( const menu_window &other );   /* copy constructor */
      ~menu_window ();                            /* destructor       */

      WINDOW *menu_win;
      static char const *choices[5];
      int height;
      int width;
....

}


screens.cpp

Screens::menu_window::menu_window (int pheight, int pwidth, int prow, int pcol): height(pheight), width(pwidth), highlight(1), choice(0) , n_choices(sizeof(choices)/ sizeof(choices[0])) {
   row_(prow); 
   col_(pcol);
   choices[0] = "Add a question ";
   choices[1] = "Start the Quiz ";
   choices[2] = "c ";
   choices[3] = "d ";
   choices[4] = "Exit ";
   menu_win = newwin(height, width, row_(), col_() );
   keypad(menu_win, TRUE);
   mvprintw(0,0, "Use arrow keys to go up and down, Press enter to select choice");
   refresh();
   print_menu(menu_win, highlight);


}			       /* constructor      */



and this failed as a static.  When I removed static, it works fine.  Why?

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array initiation - methodology for converting C code to C++ Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-07-06 03:12 +0000
  Re: array initiation - methodology for converting C code to C++ 东 苏 <sudongndsl@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 01:10 -0700
    Re: array initiation - methodology for converting C code to C++ Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-07-06 15:00 +0000
  Re: array initiation - methodology for converting C code to C++ Michael DOUBEZ <michael.doubez@free.fr> - 2011-07-06 02:56 -0700

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