Re: what's wrong with the following singleton class???

From:
"Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sun, 30 Apr 2006 07:25:18 +0200
Message-ID:
<4bj020F11o1n0U1@individual.net>
* ying.gary.zhang@gmail.com:

// T.h:

class T
  {
  public:
    static T* instance();
  private:
    T() {}
    ~T() {}
    static T* smInstance;
  };

// T.cpp:

T* T::instance()
  {
  if (smInstance == NULL)
    smInstance = new T();

  return smInstance;
  }

when I try to compile the above code, there is linker error:
../T.cpp:3: undefined reference to `T::smInstance`

I am using gcc 3.4.6 under gentoo linux, thanks


You have declared but not defined 'smInstance'.

It should be defined in your [T.cpp] file.

But instead, just do

   class T
   {
   private:
       T() {}
       T( T const& );
       ~T() {}
   public:
       static T& instance()
       {
           T theInstance;
           return theInstance;
       }
   };

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