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Re: static member linker problem

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On 2011-10-11 14:58:24 +0200, Juha Nieminen said:

> Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> wrote:
>> I can create a cpp file with the initialization, but is there a
>> "header-only" solution to do the initialization without
>> linker problems eg a design pattern or anything else?
> 
>   C++ does not support instantiating static members "inline" in the same
> way as function definitions, except for templates (where the "inlineness"
> is implicit).
> 
>   Either you have to use a compilation unit for the static member, or
> you have to make the class templated.

I think a own compilation unit is the best way, because there are only 
two classes
with static members, that are not templated

Thanks

Phil

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static member linker problem Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2011-10-11 14:53 +0200
  Re: static member linker problem Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-10-11 12:58 +0000
    Re: static member linker problem Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2011-10-11 15:10 +0200
  Re: static member linker problem Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-10-11 09:45 -0400
    Re: static member linker problem "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-10-11 17:24 +0200
  Re: static member linker problem "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-10-11 17:26 +0200
    Re: static member linker problem Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-10-11 12:17 -0400
      Re: static member linker problem Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-10-11 17:29 +0100

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