[ECOS] static member in class ???

[Tony Ko]

hi.
look at "Cyg_Scheduler" class below.

class Cyg_Scheduler
    : public Cyg_Scheduler_Implementation
{
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public:
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// The only  scheduler instance should be this one...
    static Cyg_Scheduler scheduler;
};

scheduler object is referenced as a static member.
then why must this be referenced as a static member???

thanks in advance.

Tony