Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I've familiarized myself with ISO/IEC 14882 [1] and section 3.5 > Program and Linkage. If a variable (g_Global above) satisfies > paragraph/clause (9) (ie, names using external linkage in different > scopes denotes the same object), where is it stated that constructors > and destructors will run multiple times? I have not found anywhere in > the standard where an object's constructor and destructors should be > executed multiple times (cf, Section 12 Special member functions, > Subsection 1, Constructors). The C++ standard doesn't cover shared libraries, so this is all outside the scope of the standard. That said, I don't think that constructors should run multiple times in this scenario, and I really can not explain what you are seeing. Can you construct a small self-contained example with a series of commands to run to show the problem? Ian
