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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Am I guaranteed this will happen as I want by ISO? I know </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> that for global</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> variables in seperate files, any ordering can be used for their</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> construction/destruction. Is this the same situation with </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> static variables,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> or are they considered to be constructed strictly after and destroyed</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> strictly before global variables are?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>There is a thing you can rely on, IIRC, that globals in a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>single compilation unit are initialized in the order they</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>are declared. I think destruction will happens in the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>opposite order, so if you can declare y as a global, then</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>you'd be fine.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Hmm, as I write this, I become less and less sure about</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>what I'm saying.... :)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Vincent Penquerc'h</FONT>
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