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If I have a template class such as:

template<class T> SOMEclass
{
..
private:
static int AStatic;
}


I would like to also be able to say in the header file:

template<class T> int SOMEclass::AStatic(0); 

and have it automaticaly expanded by the compiler with the template class.

Requiring the users of the template class to initialize ever class instance
is very inconvenient!  It almost forces one to use a macro:

#define SOMEclassSTATICS( T )  int SOMEclass<T>::AStatic(0); /
					// other initialization of SOMEclass statics

Or am I missing somrthing from the latest language definition?

Ken Walter

* All the above is hearsay and the opinion of nobody in particular