Re: curiosity singleton pattern?

hello group,

cant understand the following:

Scene* Scene::sole(0); // in Scene.cpp

class Scene // singleton in Scene.h
{
  public:
    static Scene* Get()
    {
      //return sole ? sole : new (std::nothrow) Scene;
      return sole; // for testing purposes only
    }

    int Print(void) // normaly only with valid objects?!
    {
      return reinterpret_cast<unsigned int>(sole);
      // other values also possible (return 10;)
    }

  protected:
    Scene();
    ~Scene();

  private:
    static Scene* sole;
};

int main(void)
{
  std::cout << Scene::Get() << std::endl;
  std::cout << Scene::Get()->Print() << std::endl;
}

returns

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