Effective C++ 2. Prefer consts, enums, and inlines to #defines

class  GamePlayer {
private:
    static const int NumTurns = 5;
    int scores[NumTurns];
    ...
};

order compilers may not accept the syntax above, because it used to be illegal to provide an initial value for a static class member at its point of declaration. Furthermore, in-class initialization is allowed only for integral types and only for constants.

class GamePlayer {
private:
    enum { NumTurns  = 5 };

    int scores[NumTurns];
    ...
};

but it is not legal to take the address of an enum or a #defines
because #define do not respect scope. Which means that not only can not #defines be used for class-specific constants, they also can not be used to provide any kind of encapsulation.