PRODUCT  :  C++                                    NUMBER  :  651
  VERSION  :  All
       OS  :  PC DOS
     DATE  :  October 22, 1993                         PAGE  :  1/1

    TITLE  :  Initializing Static Class Members of Type Class




  /*   IMPORTANT!  When  testing  static member initialization, you
       must  declare  an  instance  of   the   class   in   a  main
       function;otherwise,  the  linker  has  no reference which it
       must try to resolve, and the undefined symbol error will not
       be seen--thus you won't know that your initialization was in
       error.
  */

  //declare a class
  class First {
    public:
      int count;
      First() {}  //must have callable constructor
  };

  //declare class containing static member of class First
  class Second {
    public:
      static First fVar;
  };

  //initialize static member of class Second
  First Second::fVar = First();  //initialize with explicit call to
  ctor

  int main(void)
  {
    Second *sVarA = new Second;
    delete sVarA;
    return 0;
  }

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