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>>>>> "SV" == Stephen Vavasis <vavasis@CS.Cornell.EDU> writes:

    SV> I would like to write a subroutine in C++ that gets called
    SV> by an existing program.  The subroutine might get loaded with a
    SV> dynamic loader into an already compiled program to which I, the C++
    SV> programmer, have no access. 

    SV> In this case, there is no C++ main().  Nonetheless, I would still
    SV> like to use C++ features like global static data items whose
    SV> constructors and destructors get called.

You can still use global static data.  The constructors will be called
the first time the shared object is loaded.  Of course, you need to have
a compiler that will support building shared objects.

- Chris


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