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does g++ delay initializing static local variables?
- From: Brendan Miller <catphive at catphive dot net>
- To: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 15:15:34 -0700
- Subject: does g++ delay initializing static local variables?
Say I have a C++ function like this:
void my_function() {
static int x = 0;
}
Then will initialization of x to 0 be delayed until the first call of
the function? The ABI spec talks about that here:
http://www.codesourcery.com/public/cxx-abi/abi.html#once-ctor
I was unclear whether this only applies to objects with constructors,
or whether it also applies to POD initialized with a constant, as
above.
In this case, I'm especially curious about g++ 4.1's implementation.
Sorry if this is an overly obscure question.