Static member variable in template, with multiple dlls

Question

My code is built to multiple .dll files, and I have a template class that has a static member variable.

I want the same instance of this static member variable to be

Answer 1

There exists the following solution, as well:

• in the library: explicitly instantiate some template specialization and share them with dllexport
• in the main program:
  • if the specialization is available it will be used from the library
  • if the specialization is not available it is compiled in the main program

The desciption in detail how you can do this:

Anteru's blog Explicit template instantiation