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

Based on current code I'd guess you try to create global Test instance, most probably in a different .cpp file. Seems like you are hitting the dreadful static initialization order fiasco. Simply put: the global/static-member variables in a .cpp file will be initialized in the order they are defined. No guarantees are made about global variables in different .cpp files, you cannot rely on var in one file being initialized before or after global variable in another.