static objects in libraries

[camel]

I think using static variables across library boundaries is something one should rather avoid. (Googling should give you some material, something like initialization is not asured for example).

I would try to use static variables inside a wrapper function.

int &SomeClass::staticInt()
{
   static int realInt;
   return realInt;
}

int &SomeClass::staticInt()
{
   static int realInt;
   return realInt;
}

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(Or check how its done in Qt using the Q_GLOBAL_STATIC macro..which is neither documented, nor public api in the moment as far as I know)