Re: [boost] order of initialization of global objects (was Static data vs. inline functions)

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-20 13:01:13

At 01:33 PM 7/20/2001, Greg Colvin wrote:

 >I notice that http://users.utu.fi/sisasa/oasis/cppfaq/ctors.html#[10.10]
 >recommends the following idiom:
 >
 >    Fred& x()
 >    {
 >      static Fred* ans = new Fred();
 >      return *ans;
 >    }
 >
 >when I would have expected
 >
 >    Fred& x()
 >    {
 >      static Fred ans;
 >      return ans;
 >    }
 >
 >or am I missing something (as usual)?

Ask Jerry Schwarz.  Isn't he the world's leading expert on static 
initialization tricks:-?

--Beman