[Bug c++/19123] New: Static member object gets constructed after containing objects constructor returns

[lenkki at atria dot no-ip dot org]

I'm not 100% if this is a bug or if the standard is undefined on this point.
But I do believe it is a bug, or atleast unwanted behaviour.

As I don't see where to insert a archive with the files and data I've gathered
on bugzilla I'm leaving them on my http viewable from your browser.

http://atria.no-ip.org/gcc-bug/

There is some info in the README file (build line etc). And the output of gcc
save temps is in :
http://atria.no-ip.org/gcc-bug/gcc-save-temps-output

The code is extracted and trimmed down from my program to contain only the code
neccesary to trigger it.

C_CHILD has two constructors one that takes no arguments and one that takes a
const char*,

C_ROOT has a static member of type C_CHILD, that is constructed with a string
constant.

cCore has a static member of type C_ROOT that uses the standard ctor.

cCore is not instanced anywhere (but it was in my code, apparently not needed to
trigger it). 

Now the problem is. The C_ROOT member of cCore is constructed, The default
constructor is ran. Then after the constructor has returned C_ROOT's static
member is constructed using the constructor specified in the static declaration.

By all means I think and I assumed that all members of a class would be
constructed before the constructor of the containing class was run, and not after.

I've had a few friends test this too, on MSVC++  it produces the expected
results (child constructed first) and on  
g++ (GCC) 3.2.3 20030422 (Gentoo Linux 1.4 3.2.3-r1, propolice) it also produces
the expected result.

-- 
           Summary: Static member object gets constructed after containing
                    objects constructor returns
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.3.4
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: lenkki at atria dot no-ip dot org
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19123