Hi all,

Im trying to create a map, where the key is an int, and the value is an array

int red[3]  = {1,0,0};
int green[3] = {0,1,0};
int blue[3]     = {0,0,1};

    std::map<int, int[3]> colours;

colours.insert(std::pair<int,int[3]>(GLUT_LEFT_BUTTON,red)); //THIS IS LINE 24 !
colours.insert(std::pair<int,int[3]>(GLUT_MIDDLE_BUTTON,blue));
colours.insert(std::pair<int,int[3]>(GLUT_RIGHT_BUTTON,green));

However, when I try to compile this code, I get the following error.

g++ (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu8) 4.4.1

 In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.4/bits/stl_algobase.h:66,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.4/bits/stl_tree.h:62,
                 from /usr/include/c++/4.4/map:60,
                 from ../src/utils.cpp:9:
/usr/include/c++/4.4/bits/stl_pair.h: In constructor ‘std::pair<_T1, _T2>::pair(const _T1&, const _T2&) [with _T1 = int, _T2 = int [3]]’:
../src/utils.cpp:24:   instantiated from here
/usr/include/c++/4.4/bits/stl_pair.h:84: error: array used as initializer
/usr/include/c++/4.4/bits/stl_pair.h: In constructor ‘std::pair<_T1, _T2>::pair(const std::pair<_U1, _U2>&) [with _U1 = int, _U2 = int [3], _T1 = const int, _T2 = int [3]]’:
../src/utils.cpp:24:   instantiated from here
/usr/include/c++/4.4/bits/stl_pair.h:101: error: array used as initializer
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.4/map:61,
                 from ../src/utils.cpp:9:
/usr/include/c++/4.4/bits/stl_map.h: In member function ‘_Tp& std::map<_Key, _Tp, _Compare, _Alloc>::operator[](const _Key&) [with _Key = int, _Tp = int [3], _Compare = std::less<int>, _Alloc = std::allocator<std::pair<const int, int [3]> >]’:
../src/utils.cpp:30:   instantiated from here
/usr/include/c++/4.4/bits/stl_map.h:450: error: conversion from ‘int’ to non-scalar type ‘int [3]’ requested
make: *** [src/utils.o] Error 1

I really cant see where the error is. Or even if there's an error.

Any help (please include an explanation to help me avoid this mistake) will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.