[comp.lang.c++] The best use of static member variables

bilmes@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Jeff Bilmes) (10/18/90)

I'm interested in cases where the use of static member variables 
for typical problems are clearly advantageous over any alternative.
The typical problems should work in a single shared address space
multi-processing environment where the static member variables are 
shared between instances of the objects living in different processes 
(assuming writes of all static member variables are atomic).  By not clearly 
advantageous, I mean any appreciable space increase, run time increase, 
or scope inconvenience. 

Thanks.

				-- Jeff
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