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From: ericr@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Eric Ross)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Detecting the first object?
Message-ID: <1120006@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>
Date: 20 Aug 90 21:30:52 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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I am creating a set of classes the will access the Network Computing
System (NCS) and a signal handler needs to be initialized exactly one time.

Is there a way for an object to know that it is the first instantiation of
a class?  My gut feel is that there is a way with static members, but I don't
quite have the right recipe.

Thanks,

Eric Ross
Hewlett Packard, Vancouver Division
ericr@vcd.hp.com