Is there any reasonable manner to ensure a static object is initialized before use without wrapping it in a getter/setter function? We are seeing some order issues show up on an OSX build (not linux though yet). Take file.a and file.b: file.a has a global variable of a table which accesses the static System class methods for allocation and setup. file.b has the System methods which all call an init method when first called to make sure the system is setup right and find out what version and computer is running. This method accesses a static global variable in file.b and seg faults. Is there any way to ensure a static variable in file.b is initialized before being used? Corey