> Are you sure about this? The code has lots of instances of statements
> like this one:
>
> static int maximum_word_length = config.Value("maximum_word_length", 12);
>
> which seem to work fine. My understanding is the compiler will genrate
> code to initialise these once (and only once) at run time, when the
> function is first called. If it works for int, why not for char *,
> or String? Can anyone else with more C++ experience than me explain
> what really goes on behind the scenes with constructs like above?
> Am I out to lunch on this? Is it "implementation-dependent"?
OOps,
sorry you're right, my mistake
but there was a compile error (I have gcc 2.95.1 which
is picky on some issues) because of a missing const.
I tend to avoid statics so I forgot to think twice :-)
I checked with a small test program, you're right static works.
My C++ reference book (STROUSTRUP) confirms that
static variables are initialized the first time the
program *reaches* them ...
cheers,
Marcel.
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