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From: ssimmons@convex.com (Steve Simmons)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: >>>> static data members...
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Date: 21 Aug 90 13:50:17 GMT
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	To use a one shot variable shared among instances of the same
	class, use the following code...

	class GROUP
	{
	  private:
	    int notShared;
	    static int shared;
          public:
	    GROUP() : { if (shared == 0) doFirstInstanceStuff(); };
	};

	int GROUP::shared = 0;                // Initialize here

	Thank you. 

					Steve Simmons