Hello, I'm trying the following code and see some behavior I don't understand. #include <string> #include <cstdio> #include <sstream> using namespace std; struct StaticName { string getName() { static int i = 0; name.clear(); ostringstream oss; oss << ++i; name += oss.str(); return name; } static string name; }; string StaticName::name = ""; int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { StaticName sn; printf("name1=%s, name2=%s, name3=%s\n", sn.getName().c_str(), sn.getName().c_str(), sn.getName().c_str()); return 0; } The executable built by g++ 4.8.5 prints "name1=3, name2=2, name3=1". However, executable built by clang++ 3.8.0 prints "name1=1, name2=2, name3=3", which is what I expected. Is there any undefined behavior in my code? Thanks!