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Using the static keyword in C

There are many topics in the C language that often confuse developers but the use of the static keyword seems to be one of the more common. One of the points of confusion is how static affects ...
Ars Technica

Static class member value destroyed before the instance of the class itself with GCC but not with Clang?

Consider a simple class of which I create only a single instance (global variable), and that has a number of static member variables, one of which (s_lmdbEnv) is an instance of a C++ wrapper class of ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Test Out Code Variations at Runtime Using a Static Variable

In this tip, I'd like to show a simple technique that allows switching between multiple versions of the code at runtime. Often, when I'm testing a new solution, I'd like to run an old version and make ...
InfoWorld

Static considered harmful?

Gilad makes the case that static, that staple of C++, C#/VB.NET, and Java, does not belong: Most imperative languages have some notion of static variable. This is unfortunate, since static variables ...