dynamic library and initialisation

[Eljay Love-Jensen]

Hi Sebastien,

Use an class method accessor to guarantee initialization.

class NoGood
{
public:
    static Thingy thing;
};
// Hey, not always initialized!
Thingy NoGood::thing("alpha", "beta");

- - - - -

class ThisWorks
{
public:
   static Thingy& GetThingy();
};
Thingy& ThisWorks::GetThingy()
{
   static Thingy thing("alpha", "beta");
   return thing;
}

HTH,
--Eljay