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From: bright@Data-IO.COM (Walter Bright)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Can I use argc and argv in a global constructor?
Message-ID: <1782@dataio.Data-IO.COM>
Date: 12 Dec 88 18:37:53 GMT
References: <6082@columbia.edu>
Reply-To: bright@dataio.Data-IO.COM (Walter Bright)
Organization: Data I/O Corporation; Redmond, WA
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In article <6082@columbia.edu> beshers@pipe.UUCP () writes:
>Is it possible to reference argc and argv in a global
>constructor?

It's quite possible if you're prepared to rewrite the startup code.
You rewrite it to create two globals, _argc and _argv, before the
static constructors are called.