Question

I setup a class with:

class Example {
    static const float array[3][8];
};

and implemented

inline const float below_center(const float pos) {
    return pos - (size / 2); // size is a const float
}

inline const float above_center(const float pos) {
    return pos + (size / 2);
}

inline const float *set_pos(const float x, const float y) {
    return (float []) {
        below_center(x), below_center(y),
        below_center(x), above_center(y),
        above_center(x), below_center(y),
        above_center(x), above_center(y),
    };
}

const float Example::array[3][8] = {
    set_pos(2.0f, 0.0f),
    set_pos(-1.0f, -1.0f),
    set_pos(1.0f, -1.0f),
};

But when I do this I get an error saying, “‘const float*’ to ‘const float’ in initialization”. I understand what the error saying, but the hell is it saying ‘const float’ and how can implement my array with broken down inline functions.

Answer 1

You can’t do like that. Use macros:

#define BELOW_CENTER(pos) ((pos) - (size / 2))
#define ABOVE_CENTER(pos) ((pos) + (size / 2))

#define SET_POS(x, y) {               \
    BELOW_CENTER(x), BELOW_CENTER(y), \
    BELOW_CENTER(x), ABOVE_CENTER(y), \
    ABOVE_CENTER(x), BELOW_CENTER(y), \
    ABOVE_CENTER(x), ABOVE_CENTER(y)  \
}

const float Example::array[3][8] = {
    SET_POS(2.0f, 0.0f),
    SET_POS(-1.0f, -1.0f),
    SET_POS(1.0f, -1.0f),
};