Overriding static variables when subclassing

Question

I have a class, lets call it A, and within that class definition I have the following:

static QPainterPath *path;

Which is to say, I\'m dec

Answer 1

You probably don't want static variables to the overriden. Maybe you can store a pointer in your class instead?

class A
{
    public:
        A() :
            path(static_path)
        {
        }

    protected:
        A(QPainterPath *path)
            : path(path)
        {
        }

    private:
        QPainterPath *path;

        static QPainterPath *static_path;  /* Lazy initalization? */
};

class F : public A
{
    public:
        F() :
            A(F_static_path)
        {
        }

    private:
        static QPainterPath *F_static_path;  /* Lazy initalization? */
};