Yea, I figured as much. Current solution uses a character array for the global variable and a static accssor that assigns that to a static const std::string. I knew there was no way around that -- but I thought there might be some way to do it, in some order. Eljay, Do you know of any difference in this area with the OSX gcc? corey On 9/19/05, John Love-Jensen <eljay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Corey, > > > Is there any way to ensure a static variable in file.b is initialized before > being used? > > Yes, but you'll have to refactor your code a bit. > > Use a static function in FileB to return FileB's static data (which is > static data inside that static function). > > Have FileA get to the FileB's static data through that accessor function. > > HTH, > --Eljay > >
