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    copied!<p>I am trying to initialize a static object without success. The purpose is to automatically register a factory class in a repository (which is a singleton).</p> <p>I've already had a look at: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6420985/how-to-force-a-static-member-to-be-initialized">How to force a static member to be initialized?</a></p> <p>One of the comments says that (there is also an example that I've followed): </p> <blockquote> <p>I read it up in the C++ standard (14.7.1): Unless a member of a class template or a member template has been explicitly instantiated or explicitly specialized, the specialization of the member is implicitly instantiated when the specialization is referenced in a context that requires the member definition to exist; in particular, the initialization (and any associated side-effects) of a static data member does not occur unless the static data member is itself used in a way that requires the definition of the static data member to exist.</p> </blockquote> <p>So I'm trying to do something similar but I haven't manage to force the object initialization. Here is the code. I don't know what I'm missing. This is the template I'm using.</p> <pre><code>namespace my_lib { template &lt;typename T&gt; struct FactoryHelper { FactoryHelper (); static FactoryHelper&lt;T&gt; _helper; }; } </code></pre> <p>And this is the macro that the user of the library would use to define the factory class and, at the same time, register an object in the repository:</p> <pre><code>#define CREATE_FACTORY(ClassName)\ namespace my_lib\ {\ class ClassName##Factory;\ template&lt;&gt; FactoryHelper&lt;ClassName##Factory&gt;::FactoryHelper () { std::cout &lt;&lt; "object initialized!" &lt;&lt; std::endl; }\ template&lt;&gt; FactoryHelper&lt;ClassName##Factory&gt; FactoryHelper&lt;ClassName##Factory&gt;::_helper;\ struct ClassName##Factory : public FactoryBase&lt;ClassName&gt; {\ ...\ };\ } </code></pre> <p>The previous code is defined in a header file (Factory.h). </p> <p>In a .cpp file (Example.cpp), I have:</p> <pre><code>CREATE_FACTORY(UnitTestExample) ... </code></pre> <p>When I execute the program, I cannot see the message that the constructor prints when it is invoked. Any help is more than welcome.</p> <p>Thanks in advance.</p>
 

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