You don't need to get around it.  "static" only applies to data members.  
A "const" member is a compile-time constant and is simply hard-coded into  
the code where it's used when the code is compiled.

This is either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on what you want to  
do.  It means that code that uses your assembly will determine that  
constant at the time it's compiled, and so even if the assembly is changed  
later, it won't be updated.  Some times this is what you want.  Some times  
it's not.  :)

Since your code specified the constant as "private", this should be a moot  
point.  The only code that will ever see the constant is code that's  
compiled where the constant is declared.

Pete

No need to - const is implicit static - it is per class
not per instance.

Arne