static-order-fiasco – Tarik Billa

Finding C++ static initialization order problems

February 23, 2023 by Tarik

Solving order of initialization: First off, this is just a temporary work-around because you have global variables that you are trying to get rid of but just have not had time yet (you are going to get rid of them eventually aren’t you? 🙂 class A { public: // Get the global instance abc static … Read more

C++ static initialization order

February 10, 2023 by Tarik

You have answered your own question. Static initialization order is undefined, and the most elegant way around it (while still doing static initialization i.e. not refactoring it away completely) is to wrap the initialization in a function. Read the C++ FAQ items starting from https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/ctors#static-init-order