Re: static variable
Thanks Alexander,
Could you provide a sample about why returning the address of a function
local static variable breaks OO principle?
regards,
George
"Alexander Nickolov" wrote:
Well, it's a terrible practice because you introduce high coupling
between otherwise unrelated pieces of code. This breaks the
code encapsulation and thus goes counter to OO design principles.
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"George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Thanks Jim,
Good answer! I have a further question about programming best practice. Do
you think it is safe to let the address of the *local* static variable as
the
return value of a function? Then other part of code (out of this function)
will access or even modify the variable by the returned address of the
*local* static variable?
Any disadvantages of this approach?
Example,
int* func()
{
static int i;
// other code
return &i;
}
regards,
George
"Jim Langston" wrote:
"George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hello everyone,
I am wondering how C or C++ manages static variable internally. Since
each
time when we again a function again, if in this function, a static
variable
is defined, the value will be the value last time when we entered this
function (i.e. will not be initialized again, and only initialized at
the
1st
time).
I suspect it is stored in some global structure to reserve the value?
The implementation can do it however it wants, as long as it does it. I
would guess it stores the value in the same place it stores other global
variables, but has someway to know what function/method/class it belongs
to.
Maybe it mangles the name with the function name in front. Foo@Variable
or
something.
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