gcc compile error: conversion from 'const x[2]' to non-scalar type...

[cpjust]

Hi,
I'm getting an error when compiling the following code on gcc 2.95.2 (yes I know it's old, but I'm stuck with it). It compiles fine in Visual Studio though. Can anyone figure out what's going on? If I remove the const from the array definition it will compile, but I want it to be const.

Here's the error:
conversion from `const WordScoreMap[2]' to non-scalar type `WordScoreMap' requested

Thanks.

struct WordScoreMap
{
    std::string  word;
    int  score;
};

static const WordScoreMap WORDS[ 3 ][ 2 ] = {
	{ WordScoreMap( "one",	10 ), WordScoreMap( "first",	5 ) },
	{ WordScoreMap( "two",	10 ), WordScoreMap( "second",	5 ) },
	{ WordScoreMap( "three",  10 ), WordScoreMap( "third",	5 ) } };

 

[xwb]

Don't you need a constructor definition for WordScoreMap? Something like

   WordScoreMap (const std::string w, const int s)
   :  word(w)
   ,  score(s)
   {}

Strange that it builds at all on any compiler.

 

[cpjust]

Oops, I forgot to include that in my post. Yes, I have a constructor like that and still get the error.