From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [Q] Static class member variables
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 01:56:02 -0700
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John Eccleston wrote:

> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> class clsTest
> {
> public :
>    static int instanceCount = 0;
> 
> public :
>    clsTest() { instanceCount++; };
>    ~clsTest() { instanceCount--; };
> 
>    virtual int getInstanceCount(void) { return instanceCount; };
> };

This is not legal; you cannot give initializers for static members inside
the class declaration.  (Such member declarations are _declarations_, not
definitions.)

You need to declare the static member and then define it separately to
avoid the errors:

    class clsTest
    {
      public:
        static int instanceCount;

        // ...
    };

    int clsTest::instanceCount = 0;

    // ...

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