static member variable

Look at my files: main.cpp

#include "Timer.h"

CTimer timer;

int WINAPI WinMani(...) {...}

Timer.cpp

   #include "Timer.h"

std::list<CTimer *> CTimer::m_List;

CTimer::CTimer()
{
     m_List.insert(m_List.begin(), this);
     ...
}

Timer.h

#include <list>

class CTimer
{
public:
     CTimer();
      ...
protected:
     static std::list<CTimer*> m_List;
};

I hope I wrote this correct; i didn't copy'n'paste; The problem is that main.cpp is linked before Timer.cpp. In main.cpp I declare one CTimer-var, so the consttructor is called. But the static list-var is still not initialised, so the m_List.include()-call failes. If I declare teh timer-var in may main function, it works correct, because teh global variables are initialised first, but sometimes, i need a global timer. [edited by - Matheass on May 4, 2004 3:22:34 PM] [edited by - Matheass on May 4, 2004 3:23:46 PM]