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Article #257Re: Scope of static member initializers
From: Bjarne Stroustrup
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 1990 12:42
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 1990 12:42
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The initializer for a static member IS in the scope of the class of the object being initialized. See section 8.4 of the manual (page 150 of the ARM). A general plea: I realize that many of you haven't yet managed to get your hands on a copy of the AT&T 2.1 reference manual or Ellis&Stroustrup: The Annotated C++ Reference Manual, Addison-Wesley (commonly referred to as the ARM), but please try to remember that this is comp.STD.c++ and try to support arguments/requests with references to the most recent draft working document (currently that reference manual - AT&T 2.1 and the reference manual proper in the ARM are identical). The point is that this would minimize confusion, especially confusion arising from people referring to different documents as ``the manual'' and different implementations as ``the compiler.''
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!dptg!ulysses!andante!alice!bs From: bs@alice.UUCP (Bjarne Stroustrup) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Scope of static member initializers Summary: plea for precision Message-ID: <11116@alice.UUCP> Date: 1 Aug 90 12:42:49 GMT References: <1990Aug1.030632.2273@agate.berkeley.edu> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ Lines: 18