does g++ delay initializing static local variables?

[Sam Varshavchik]

Brendan Miller writes:

> 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.

Can you show an example of code where the time of initialization of PODs  
would make a difference?

I can't think of any. So, it shouldn't matter.


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