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From: rfg@NCD.COM (Ron Guilmette)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Static members of class type
Message-ID: <4195@lupine.NCD.COM>
Date: 2 Mar 91 20:18:56 GMT
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In article <10927@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> dfoster@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Derek R. Foster) writes:
+How do I tell a C++ compiler to call the constructor of a static
+member variable of class type?
+
+class A
+{
+  A(int x) {do something};
+};
+
+class B
+{
+  B(int y) {do something else};
+  static int membervariable;
+  static A memberclass;
+}
+
+A B::memberclass(42);
+
+but TC++ says that I'm trying to declare memberclass() outside of its class
+declaration (which is perfectly true! Why won't it let me?)
+
+... How do I tell a C++ compiler to call the constructor of a static
+member variable of class type? Is this a bug in TC++?

In a word, yes.  The declaration:

	A B::memberclass(42);

should be allowed.

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