Re: What's wrong with this code?

From:
Salt_Peter <pj_hern@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
Wed, 9 May 2007 14:17:50 CST
Message-ID:
<1178727241.101290.55710@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
On May 9, 11:11 am, loose AT astron DOT nl <l...@astron.nl> wrote:

Hi,

Could anyone tell me what's wrong with the code below? It segfaults
when the first element is being inserted in the map.


There is no map - yet.

<code>
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class Init
{
public:
   Init();
private:
   static map<int, string> map_;
   static Init init_;

};

Init::Init()
{
   map_[1] = "One"; // <--- Segfault here

}

Init Init::init_;


The above invokes Init's ctor before the static map comes to life.
try switching these two statements.
After all, isn't it natural that the members of a type be constructed
first?

map<int, string> Init::map_;

int main()
{
   return 0;}

</code>

Kind regards,

Marcel Loose.


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