[ECOS] static member in class ???

[Jonathan Larmour]

Tony Ko wrote:
> 
> hi.
> look at "Cyg_Scheduler" class below.
> 
> class Cyg_Scheduler
>     : public Cyg_Scheduler_Implementation
> {
>    .
>    .
>    .
> public:
>    .
>    .
> // 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???

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking but a static data member in a C++
class is "shared" between all instances of that class. Or you can even do
Cyg_Scheduler::scheduler. It's just C++.

Jifl
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