How to initialize static members in the header

Question

Given is a class with a static member.

class BaseClass
{
public:
    static std::string bstring;
};

String has obviously to be default-

Answer 1

If the initializer can be expressed as a literal, it is solved in C++11:

inline std::string operator"" _s(const char* p, size_t n) {
    return std::string{p, n};
}

class BaseClass {
    // inline initialization using user-defined literals
    // should allow for multiple definitions
    std::string bstring{"."_s};
};