I''m interested in saving some basic configuration info in my class. The problem is that the values I want to use are objects that need to be constructed. For example, say I wanted to store the default gravity as a Vector(0, 0, -9.8) and the default sound as a Sound("boing.wav"). What I *want* is to be able to put at the top of my Environment class something like:

class Environment
{
const Sound defaultSound = Sound("boing.wav");
const Vector gravity = Vector(0, 0, -9.8);

...

Obviously, that''s not legal. The closest thing I can come up with is:

class Environment
{
Sound defaultSound;
Vector gravity;

Environment()
{
defaultSound = Sound("boing.wav");
gravity = Vector(0, 0, -9.8);
}

...

I find the second way very cumbersome and unintuitive - and worst of all, I can''t make those values const. Does anyone see what I''m talking about, and know a way to get close to the desired effect? Thanks for any feedback~

Thanks for the reply - I guess I''ll go with initializer lists, and use #defines to control them in the header file.