Static const string won't get initialized

Question

I have some static const strings as private members of my C++ class. I am aware of the declaration in .h and definition (and initialization) in .cpp practice. In the class c

Answer 1

Is your object of type TEST a global?

If so you are then running into the problem with initialization order.

ie.

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Main Entered" << std::endl;
    Test  t; // This should work
}
Test  plop; // This may not work depending

The solution is to use a static method to get the string:

class Test
{
    static std::string const& getData()
    {
        static std::string const data("PLOP");
        return data;
    }
    // STUFF
    // Remove this line
    // static const std::string m_data;
    Test::Test()
    {
        std::cout << "Test::Test()" << std::endl;
        Utility();
    }
};
// If "Test::Test()" is printed before "Main Entered"
// You have a potential problem with your code.