Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:52:08 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Does DJGPP support static class member variables?
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> What the subject says.  I just tried to link a program which contains a
> class with one of its member variables declared static.  The linker
> can't find the variable, or so it claims.

Declaring a static member variable is only a prototype.
You still have to create the variable, just like you
have to create all the member functions.  Do something
like this:

int Foo::var = 0;

(just like "int i = 0;")