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scott douglass (sdouglas@armltd.co.uk) wrote:
: Hello all,
: 
: Given a class type with only a no-argument contstrutor:
: 
: struct T { T(); /* ... */ };  // assume no other ctors
: 
: Is there any way to define an extern const object of class T?
: 
: extern const T t; // nope:  this is a declaration
: const T t2; // nope:  this is a definition, but t2 is not extern

This is the correct one. The object ISN'T external from the point of view 
of the module in which it's defined! You'll declare

	extern const T t2;

in the header file, but define

	const T t2;

as a global non-static object in the one source file in which you want it
to reside. 
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In article <4iat2h$pk5@clarknet.clark.net>, gusty@clark.net (Harlan
Messinger) wrote:

: scott douglass (sdouglas@armltd.co.uk) wrote:
: : Hello all,
: : 
: : Given a class type with only a no-argument contstrutor:
: : 
: : struct T { T(); /* ... */ };  // assume no other ctors
: : 
: : Is there any way to define an extern const object of class T?
:[...]
: You'll declare
: 
:         extern const T t2;
: 
: in the header file, but define
: 
:         const T t2;
: 
: as a global non-static object in the one source file in which you want it
: to reside. 

Thanks.  As you mention and Geert-Jan Giezeman pointed out in private
e-mail, the key here is that the definition can be accomplished by having
both and extern declaration and a definition the same translation unit:

extern const T t;  // declaration
const T t;  // definition, still extern

You can't do it in one declaration but it's not hard after all.
    --scott
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