RE: not sure where to post this question... bit C++ implementation specific....

> If I recall correctly, const floats were treated very 
> differently from const 
> ints in VC++. Const floats even generated their own bit of code to be 
> executed when they were initialized, whereas const ints 
> became true consts, 
> so it doesn't surprise me that they can't be used as part of 
> the array size.
> 
> As some other people pointed out earlier, any reason not to use an 
> std::vector<> or do dynamic allocation? 
> 
> If you don't like having to delete the memory, you can always use 
> boost::scoped_array:
> boost::scoped_array<int> array (new[ (int)( ropeLength / 
> knotSpace ) ]);

its actually more of a "didn't want to have to dereference everytime i
needed to access the array". speed issue...
The best fix in our situation will be to use defines as far as i can
see.

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