Re: Compiler doesn't create some static class members

[Larry I Smith]

Paul Pluzhnikov wrote:
> Larry I Smith <larryXiXsmith@verizon.net> writes:
>
> > His example had this for the initialization code:
> >
> >   const metadata A::metadata("my class A");
> >
> > Since the class-static variable names are all 'meta', the
> > correct initialization code would be this:
> >
> >   const metadata A::meta("my class A");
>
> I assume that was just a typo.
> The code as he wrote it would not compile:
>
> $ g++ -c junk.cc
> junk.cc:16: error: `const metadata A::metadata' is not a static member of 
> `class A'
>
> Cheers,

Oops, sorry.  I didn't even try his example...
Silly me.

Larry

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