Question

#include <utility>
class C {
   private:
     const std::pair<int,int> corner1(1,1);
};

GCC reports error: expected identifier before numeric constant.

I need to construct the object on the moment of it’s declaration since it’s const, but I can’t seem it get the right syntax.

Answer 1

I need to construct the object on the moment of it’s declaration since it’s const, but I can’t seem it get the right syntax.

No, you can only initialize non-integral types – const or not (at least pre-C++11) in the constructor initializer list:

class C {
   private:
     const std::pair<int,int> corner1;
     C() : corner1(1,1) {}
};

But it seems to me like you don’t need to replicate the member in every instance, so I’d just make it static instead:

class C {
   private:
     static const std::pair<int,int> corner1;
};

//implementation file:
const std::pair<int,int> C::corner1(1,1);