Re: question re. usage of "static" within static member functions of
a class
Thanks for the quick reply, Chris.
I was wondering about the static pointer part - I have always seen
static variables (that are not pointers) in use, but never a static
pointer (even if it is to guarantee that the singleton always returns
the *same* instance of the Class). Is a static pointer (as in the
instance function) a perfectly valid use of the "static" keyword?
On Sep 7, 10:24 am, "Chris M. Thomasson" <n...@spam.invalid> wrote:
"ssb" <s.sharm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi All,
During a code review, I found the following lines of code:
[...]
The "instance" method was implemented as follows:
Data* Data::instance()
{
static Data* model = new Data();
return model;
}
I have never come across a situation where a pointer was set to static
in such a case. Is this valid?
It's a singleton.
What are the potential pitfalls in such programming practices?
The storage that `model' points to will never be destroyed, also it's not
thread-safe.
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