Can't use String[] as const

[John Bailo]

Why can't I do this:

private const String[] words = new String[] {
"house",
"car"};

 

[C# Learner]

Why can't I do this:

private const String[] words = new String[] {
"house",
"car"};

Because

new String[] { "house, "car" }

cannot be computed at compile time. See
<http://www.jaggersoft.com/csharp_standard/8.7.1.htm> for details.

The usual practise here would be to use:

static readonly

instead.

See also:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...n-us/csspec/html/vclrfcsharpspec_10_4_2_1.asp
- or -
http://tinyurl.com/62p58

 

[Paul E Collins]

Why can't I do this:
private const String[] words = new String[]
{ "house", "car"};

I'm not quite sure, but it will work if you use readonly instead of
const.

P.

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Why can't I do this:
private const String[] words = new String[]
{ "house", "car"};

I'm not quite sure, but it will work if you use readonly instead of
const.

That depends on what you mean by "work". Making it readonly won't stop
you from doing:

words[0] = "foo";