Re: [libcvd-members] gvars3 Makefile.in configure configure.ac gvars...

[Ethan Eade]

>> You can always use the template trick, which requires the linker to
>> ensure that only one instance is created:
>> // code in a header:
>> template <int DUMMY=0> struct HoldsGlobal {
>>    double global;
Should read "static double global;"
>> };
>>
>> template <int DUMMY> double HoldsGlobal::global = 3.14;
>> //end code
>>
>> Then you use HoldsGlobal<>::global.  The linker is required to treat it
>> as a weak symbol -- i.e., there will be exactly one instance common to
>> all translation units when linked.
> The other problem is the order of calling global constructors. The
> standard is rather unhelpful about this.
Yes, trickier.