From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-02 17:54:21
Greer, Joe wrote:
> Yes, but it could have been a class static as easily and have the same
> performance.
There is no guarantee that the class static initialization precedes the
first call to call_once.
Typically one would use call_once in such a scenario to manage the
initialization, as this is one of its primary uses. Not possible in this
case for obvious reasons. :-)